Hard Man
A Novel
Published on 1. November 2011
272 pages
978-0-85790-173-6 (ISBN)
Description
Has Pearce finally found his match? A time-served Edinburgh hard man, Pearce is still recovering from the recent loss of his mother in a stabbing incident in a post office robbery. He's invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant 16-year-old daughter from Wallace, her 26-year-old husband, a man with a penchant for killing family pets. Having found out that the baby's not his, Wallace has sworn vengeance. Pearce declines the job: he's no babysitter. But when Wallace kills Pearce's dog, he goes too far. Now it's personal. It's time to find out who the real hard man is.
Reviews / Votes
PRAISE FOR "HARD MAN" ""Hard Man" is an Edinburgh festival of lip-smacking gruesomeness and black comedy, where every light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train."--Val McDermid, author of "The Grave Tattoo" "The characters of Allan Guthrie's "Hard Man" suffer all the consequences that pluck and thick-skulled stupidity can bring upon them, and Guthrie describes it all with skill, wit, and originality: I promise this is a story you haven't read before."--Thomas Perry, bestselling author of "Silence"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,30 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-85790-173-6 (9780857901736)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Allan Guthrie
Hard Man
Book
04/2008
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
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Person
Allan Guthrie was born in Orkney and now lives in Edinburgh with his wife, Donna. He has published several short stories in a variety of magazines and anthologies. Allan is webmaster/editor of Noir Originals, commissioning editor for both Pulp Originals and PointBlank Press, and a literary agent. Visit his website at www.allanguthrie.co.uk.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- A History of Violence
- Revolver
- Ghost Dog
- True Romance
- Ei8ht
- Pitch Black
- Crash
- Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
