Long Midnight of Barney Thomson (Book 1) - Softcover

Douglas Lindsay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0954138791 ISBN 13: 9780954138790

Publisher: Long Midnight Publishing, 2008

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 Thomson's 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...

About this title

Review:

"Lindsay has succeeded magnificently in putting the lowly barber centre-stage." -- Time Out, February 1999

"Pitch-black comedy spun from the finest writing. Fantastic plot, unforgettable scenes and plenty of twisted belly laughs." -- New Woman, March 1999

"Sure-fire top-ten material." -- The Face, March 1999

"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, February 1999

"This chilling black comedy unfolds at dizzying speed... an impressive debut novel." -- Sunday Mirror, February 1999

Book Description:

"Pitch-black comedy spun from the finest writing. Fantastic plot, unforgettable scenes and plenty of twisted belly laughs."

About this edition

• Publisher: Long Midnight Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0954138791
• ISBN 13: 9780954138790
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 181