Slammer - Hardcover

Guthrie, Allan

3.57

222 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151012954 ISBN 13: 9780151012954

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2009

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HardCover. Pub Date: November 2009 Pages: 272 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Newly mintedprison Officer Nicholas Glass has fallen in with THE WRONG crowd at The Hilton. A Scottishprison for VIOLENT offenders. The Problem Is. There's no RIGHT Crowd. Bullied and abused by inmates and colleagues alike. Glass finds that each day is getting longer than the one before. When a group of cons use outside help to threaten his wife and daughter. he agrees to do them a 'favor'. But. as their threats escalate. and one favor leads to another. he grows ever closer to eaking point. And when Glass eaks. he shatters ... Slammer is a mile-a-minute thriller shot through with Guthrie's unique blend of dark humor and ultra-violent mayhem . His previous books have beenlauded as gripping noir (Entertainment Weekly) and character driven and exciting (Cleveland Plain Dealer).

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Newly minted prison officer Nicholas Glass has fallen in with the wrong crowd at "The Hilton," a Scottish prison for violent offenders. The problem is, there's no right crowd. Bullied and abused by inmates and colleagues alike, Glass finds that each day is getting longer than the one before. When a group of cons use outside help to threaten his wife and daughter, he agrees to do them a 'favor'. But, as their threats escalate, and one favor leads to another, he grows ever closer to breaking point. And when Glass breaks, he shatters...

Slammer is a mile-a-minute thriller shot through with Guthrie's unique blend of dark humor and ultra-violent mayhem. His previous books have been lauded as "gripping noir" (Entertainment Weekly) and "character driven and exciting" (Cleveland Plain Dealer).

Review:

Guthrie's prose is a series of short, sharp shocks, reeking of the visceral brutality of the toughest contemporary noir...those who enjoy the darker side of the genre are in for some serious thrills with this, his fifth novel. --Guardian

A book as inventive and groundbreaking as it is magnificently written...'Slammer' is the most relentlessly page-turning novel this reviewer has come across in a long, long time...a superb novel that will leave you thinking hard about life for a long time afterwards, and there's not much higher praise than that --The Scotsman

A witty and inventive stylist --Washington Post

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