- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Review (Mar 5 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0755342488
- ISBN-13: 978-0755342488
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 540 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,699,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
Product Description
The brilliant new novel about contemporary London gangland crime by the hugely well reviewed author of THE PARADISE TRAIL. Britain's best known gangster, Charlie Hook, wants to tell his life story and chooses crime reporter Laurie Lane as his reluctant ghost. But the next day Hook is dead, his blood and hair on the walls of his north London mansion. Who has killed the last of the London Godfathers, the man who used to be a driver for the Kray twins? Laurie is having his own problems - he's suspected of fiddling his expenses and his country singer wife has left him for an older man - but he needs to find the killer to keep his job. Could it be a Russian businessman with a love of Scottish poetry and something dodgy in his Hampstead garden?
About the Author
Duncan Campbell is a senior correspondent with the Guardian, where he has worked as the paper's crime correspondent and Los Angeles correspondent. He has written five non-fiction books including THE UNDERWORLD, THAT WAS BUSINESS, THIS IS PERSONAL and BILLY CONNELLY: THE AUTHORISED VERSION. He previously worked for Time Out and contributed to OZ, IT and The Rising Nepal. He is married to Oscar-nominated actress Julie Christie.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon Canada
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
3.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining dark humour, Mar 17 2010
By N. Brett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: If It Bleeds (Paperback)
This is an entertaining British dark comedy set in the world of crime and crime reporting.
Laurie Lane is a world weary crime reporter, his job is under threat, his wife has left him, an elderly and famous gangster has been killed, and worst of all, his pub quiz team keeps being beaten by the teachers.
Laurie bumbles through his issues and investigation where the big story seems to be just out of his reach interacting with a wide and amusing range of characters. The author's dialogue is spot on as is his characterisation, a perfect balance between plot and highly believable characters. There is a vague 'who done it', but this is more about the journey and the characters and it works very well. This was a delight from start to finish and highly recommended.
2.0 out of 5 stars
disappointed., Oct 28 2011
By Linda - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: If It Bleeds (Hardcover)
I really didn't care for this book. I was my book group list so I bought it. I have to say I wish I hadn't spent the money. Although... in all fairness, some of my book groupies did enjoy it. I felt it didn't have enough depth and was boring at times.
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
