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For Those Who Know the Ending
Contributors
Formats and Prices
- On Sale
- May 8, 2018
- Page Count
- 272 pages
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- ISBN-13
- 9780316556071
Price
$35.00Price
$45.00 CADFormat
Format:
Hardcover $35.00 $45.00 CADBuy from Other Retailers:
A gritty crime thriller about loyalty, betrayal, and the dangerous consequences of choices made in Glasgow’s criminal underworld.
Tied to a chair, plastic strips biting his wrists, inside a deserted warehouse . . . There are only so many ways this scenario can end, most of them badly. For now his best hope is figuring out who put him here — and staying conscious long enough to confront them.
To stay awake he reviews the past year of his life: evading the law in the Czech Republic by running to Glasgow, settling into a borderline respectable relationship with his landlady, and getting back into the life at the very bottom of the criminal ladder, alongside Usman Kassar, a cocky, goofy kid anxious to prove himself.
The job should be simple: Smash heads, grab cash, run. The trouble with being two outsiders is, you don’t always know whose heads are too dangerous to crack, or whose cash is too hot to handle…
In sharp, precise prose, Malcolm Mackay captures the character of Glasgow and its underworld denizens.
To stay awake he reviews the past year of his life: evading the law in the Czech Republic by running to Glasgow, settling into a borderline respectable relationship with his landlady, and getting back into the life at the very bottom of the criminal ladder, alongside Usman Kassar, a cocky, goofy kid anxious to prove himself.
The job should be simple: Smash heads, grab cash, run. The trouble with being two outsiders is, you don’t always know whose heads are too dangerous to crack, or whose cash is too hot to handle…
In sharp, precise prose, Malcolm Mackay captures the character of Glasgow and its underworld denizens.
“Contemporary noir doesn’t boast a more elegant stylist” —Chicago Tribune
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"A hypnotic, addictive, one-sit read that you will tear through even as you fear what will happen next...You don't need to have read Mackay's other books to fully appreciate his latest one, but you certainly will want to do so after experiencing this fine, beautifully dark tale.... If you like your thrillers dark, messy and violent, look no further than Scottish noir in general and Malcolm Mackay in particular."BookReporter
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"For Those Who Know the Ending has its predecessors' bone-dry humor, squirm-making suspense, utter lack of mercy and unexpectedly fleshy characterizations."Shelf Awareness
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"The violence is shot through with dark humor, and even the lowest criminals have their fair share of humanity. Tartan noir fans will find plenty to like."Publishers Weekly
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"Mackay's fiction [is] gripping, dark, so immersed in the underworld that there's rarely a cop in sight . . . It stands comparisons with such genre giants as George V. Higgins."The Scotsman
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"A fast-paced, page-turning journey through a nightmarish world of ruthless men... [Mackay]'s real skill lies in making monsters not only human, but characters that deserve a little sympathy for their brutal lives."Sunday Herald (UK)
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"Contemporary noir doesn't boast a more elegant stylist than Mackay."Chicago Tribune
