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  • Published: 1 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407018041
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

Crime

The explosive first novel in Irvine Welsh's Crime series




'You never know what you're going to get with Irvine Welsh, other than guaranteed intelligence. But what you get here is a triumph. A brave take on paedophile rings and the minds, fast and slow, behind them... There are echoes of rebus, of Christopher Brookmyre, even of Carl Hiaasen... There's only one Welsh and you should be reading him again' Observer

60

You never know what you're going to get with Irvine Welsh, other than guaranteed intelligence. But what you get here is a triumph. A brave take on paedophile rings and the minds, fast and slow, behind them... There are echoes of rebus, of Christopher Brookmyre, even of Carl Hiaasen... There's only one Welsh and you should be reading him again


Reviews


60

You never know what you're going to get with Irvine Welsh, other than guaranteed intelligence. But what you get here is a triumph. A brave take on paedophile rings and the minds, fast and slow, behind them... There are echoes of rebus, of Christopher Brookmyre, even of Carl Hiaasen... There's only one Welsh and you should be reading him again

Detective Inspector Ray Lennox has fled to Miami to escape the aftermath of a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a harrowing child-sex murder case back in Edinburgh. But his fiancée Trudi is only interested in planning their wedding, and soon Lennox cast adrift, alone in Florida. A coke-fuelled binge brings him into contact with another victim of sexual predation, ten-year-old Tianna, and Lennox flees across the state with his terrified charge, determined to protect her at any cost. But can Lennox trust his own instincts? And can he handle Tianna, while still trying to get to grips with the Edinburgh murder?

  • Published: 1 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407018041
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

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Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh is the author of eleven previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.

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Praise for Crime

Crime is by some distance Welsh's most restrained and thoughtful work

The Times

A disturbing but vital read

Harper's Bazaar

A triumph... A great, redemptive book... It leaves you wanting more, much more

Observer

An anti-Lolita; a cleverly updated view of those who protect children and those who prey on them. It also works as a slick, fast-paced thriller with a surprisingly coherent and engaging hero

Big Issue

Essentially a stunning exploration of the darkest parts of the human psyche, one which will haunt the reader

Socialist Review

Powerful, passionate writing... Welsh gets it just right

Literary Review

Powerful... A bracing and engaging read

Daily Telegraph

Running jokes and consciously ludicrous moments come thick and fast

Guardian

The taut dialogue buzzes with snappy ventriloquism. Welsh is one of our most interesting writers on the minutiae of human consciousness

Sunday Telegraph

There is no doubt that Crime is a page-turner

New Statesman

There's a stark immediacy to his prose...frenetically paced thriller

Daily Mail

You never know what you're going to get with Irvine Welsh, other than guaranteed intelligence. But what you get here is a triumph. A brave take on paedophile rings and the minds, fast and slow, behind them... There are echoes of rebus, of Christopher Brookmyre, even of Carl Hiaasen... There's only one Welsh and you should be reading him again

Observer