Long Midnight of Barney Thomson (Book 1)

Long Midnight of Barney Thomson (Book 1)

by Douglas Lindsay (Author)

Synopsis

Ten years on from its initial release comes a new edition of the cult comedy, which The Scotsman described as gleefully macabre, hugely enjoyable black burlesque . Published to critical acclaim in early 1999, the book has spawned a successful series, has been translated into several European languages and is currently in development to be a major Hollywood motion picture. Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity. Shunned at work and at home, unable to break out of a twenty year rut, each dull day blends seamlessly into the next. However, there is no life so tedious that it cannot be spiced up by inadvertent murder, a deranged psychopath, and a freezer full of neatly packaged meat. Barney Thomsons uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 181
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publisher: Long Midnight Publishing
Published: 14 Nov 2008

ISBN 10: 0954138791
ISBN 13: 9780954138790

Media Reviews
This chilling black comedy unfolds at dizzying speed. An impressive debut novel. -- Sunday Mirror Lindsay has succeeded magnificently -- Time Out Sure-fire top ten material -- The Face The plot, Russian literature fans, is a modern spin on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. The bloody ending, movie buffs, is pure Reservoir Dogs. -- The Mirror Pitch black comedy spun from the finest writing. Fantastic plot, unforgettable scenes and plenty of twisted belly laughs. -- New Woman