The Bullet Trick
Published on 1. February 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-84195-890-3 (ISBN)
Description
William Wilson is a conjuror fallen on hard times. So when he gets booked for a string of gigs in Berlin, he is hoping his luck is on the turn. Amongst the showgirls, the tricksters and the femmes fatales of Berlin's caberet scene, William can abandon his heart, his head and, more importantly, his past. But somehow secrets have a habit of catching up with him.
Louise Welsh's contemporary tale is her riches and most macabre yet, and The Bullet Trick will keep you guessing till its final explosive flourish.
Louise Welsh's contemporary tale is her riches and most macabre yet, and The Bullet Trick will keep you guessing till its final explosive flourish.
Reviews / Votes
Her most thrilling yet - an electrifying journey to one man's heart of darkness -- KATE ATKINSON As vivid and slick as if we were watching a live performance * * Financial Times * * A tour de force * * Independent on Sunday * * Brilliant . . . both funny and tragic, with an extraordinarily gripping plot and a wonderful cast of shady characters * * Daily Mirror * * Full of attitude * * Guardian * * The atmosphere of this novel... is intoxicating. Dark, seductive decadence and nostalgia nestle under a dirty blanket of grim expectation. The two strands of William's life... are spliced together with alternate chapters set before and after his nosedive. This serves to heighten the tension to near-unbearable levels... You want to do the impossible and look away, but to do so would be to miss what could be the best and most intelligent crime novel of the year. * * Waterstones Quarterly * * If your idea of a relaxing read is a thriller that keeps you awake all night, you need to go no further than home-grown talent. Louise Welsh's new novel, The Bullet Trick, is about a down-at-heel conjuror who gets sucked into the seedy glamour of the burlesque scene, with dangerous consequences. * * The Scotsman * * Louise Welsh draws us into the half-light existence of cabaret performers in The Bullet Trick. * * Vogue * * Breathtaking. An astonishing spell of dark glamor -- JAKE ARNOTTMore details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
291 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84195-890-3 (9781841958903)
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Louise Welsh is the bestselling author of The Cutting Room and Tamburlaine Must Die. She was chosen as one of Britain's Best First Novelists of 2002 by the Guardian, won The Crime Writers' Association Creasey Dagger for the best first crime novel, and the Saltire First Book of The Year Award, 2002. Her new novel, The Bullet Trick is published in paperback Feb 2007.