Quite Ugly One Morning
- ISBN-10
- 0748132031
- ISBN-13
- 9780748132034
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-06-16
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Author
- Christopher Brookmyre
Description
The first book in the Jack Parlabane series, from author Christopher Brookmyre. Yeah, yeah, the usual. A crime. A corpse. A killer. Heard it. Except this stiff happens to be a Ponsonby, scion of a venerable Edinburgh medical clan, and the manner of his death speaks of unspeakable things. Why is the body displayed like a slice of beef? How come his hands are digitally challenged? And if it's not the corpse, what is that awful smell? A post-Thatcherite nightmare of frightening plausibility, QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING is a wickedly entertaining and vivacious thriller, full of acerbic wit, cracking dialogue and villains both reputed and shell-suited.
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