THE CUTTING ROOM is Louise Welsh's debut novel, published for the first time by Text Publishing in Australia in 2006.Rilke's not exactly the archetypal hero accidental investigator. He's in his 40's; his personal hygiene is a bit offhand; he's an auctioneer for one of Glasgow's less than salubrio...
Δυο βιβλία της Γουέλς έχουν μεταφραστεί στα ελληνικά, αυτό και το Τελευταίο Καρέ, και τα δυο βιβλία τα βρήκα στο φετινό παζάρι βιβλίου μόνο με 3 και 4 ευρώ αντίστοιχα. Καλή αγορά! Λοιπόν, διάλεξα τον Ταμερλάνο για πρώτη επαφή με αυτήν την συγγραφέα, μιας και ήταν μικρό και θα διαβαζόταν πολύ γρήγ...
Stage magician William Wilson lives a pretty hand to mouth type of existence as an opening act. In these way past vaudeville days, a stage magician is not really all that in demand. He also doesn't get many gigs at retirement parties for policemen, but Detective Inspector James Montgomery has the...
Stevie matched her pace, keeping an arm’s length between them. A glow of resentment surrounded the other woman, like a radiation field it would be unwise to enter. Two stretcher-laden trolleys, each with a porter at their head, exited a lift at the end of the corridor and ...
He checked Missed Calls and saw an unfamiliar Glasgow number. How had he got to the point where an unfamiliar number was a relief? The voice was female and infused with the same assured tones that dominated the university’s corridors and lecture halls. ‘Hello, I’m phoning with regard to your adve...
The time that Magnus should have been stepping up on stage to begin the warm-up to Johnny Dongo’s show. He wondered if the show had been cancelled and pictured the empty auditorium, the rows of seats and abandoned aisles. Johnny would be furious, if Johnny was still alive. Magnus was lying on his...