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Title | : | Crime |
Author | : | Irvine Welsh |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 344 pages |
Published | : | August 5th 2008 by Jonathan Cape (first published July 3rd 2008) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Suspense. Crime. Drama. Classics. Cult Classics |
Irvine Welsh
Paperback | Pages: 344 pages Rating: 3.43 | 5108 Users | 216 Reviews
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Welsh’s sizzling new novel, Crime, is a thrilling journey into the bright glamour of the Sunshine State and a seething underworld of utter darkness. Now bereft of both youth and ambition, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a particularly horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. On vacation in Florida, his fiancée Trudi is only interested in planning their forthcoming wedding, and a bitter argument sees a deranged Lennox cast adrift in strip-mall Florida. In a seedy bar, Lennox meets two women, ending up at their apartment for a coke binge, which is interrupted by two menacing strangers. After the ensuing brawl, Lennox finds himself alone with Tianna, the terrified ten-year-old daughter of one of the women, and a sheet of instructions that make him responsible for her immediate safety. Lennox takes the girl to an exclusive marina on the Gulf coast, and quickly suspects that he has stumbled into a hornet’s nest: a gang or organized paedophiles, every bit as threatening as the monster that haunted him back in Edinburgh. His priority is to protect the abused girl, but can the edgy Lennox trust his own instincts? And can he negotiate her inappropriate sexuality as well as his own mental fragility? In Crime, Welsh has written a shocking and gripping story about the corruption and abuse of the human soul and the possibilities of redemption.List Books Supposing Crime
Original Title: | Crime |
ISBN: | 0224080539 (ISBN13: 9780224080538) |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Ray Lennox |
Setting: | Florida(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.43 From 5108 Users | 216 ReviewsAppraise Out Of Books Crime
14/130 (2019 Reading Challenge)A great book from one of my favourite authors. Even if it deals with a dark subject. A lot of his work does but in a different tone to this one. But its still great & compelling reading. It was my second read but I had largely forgot most of it given my crappy memory. Its probably not as re-readable as some of his work. Im never going to get tired of trainspotting/porno/scagboys/glue...etc. But its still a powerful read & a great work from an author I amIt took me some time to be grabbed by this book, it wasn't as funny as Filth was and I couldn't help comparing the two. Yet, after a while it became exciting and I really wanted to know who was who and what was going on. As a result I couldn't put it down anymore.
Clearly 'Crime' was a bad choice as my first dip into Irvine Welsh's work. Characters, plot, writing style... all are poor. And he really needs to stay away from similes. His use of them was the crime that affected me the most.
a good book really enjoyed it, one of my favourite writers ever, I've never read a bad or even mediocre Welsh book, they all come at you like a pitbull.
This Irvine Welsh novel is just as gritty and harrowing as the rest of them. It's extremely dark, at times a lot darker than Welsh's other novels. It's also very obviously well-researched, tackling the difficult issue of child abuse.I feel like Welsh has attempted to break a few boundaries with Crime. His novels are usually set in Scotland, particularly Edinburgh, but this time he takes us over to Miami, Florida, and unravels his story across the pond. The characters are strikingly realistic,
Fairly predictable plot but very well told. Some good minor unexpected deviations in the plot and Welsh's style make it a worth while yarn.
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