Every Night I Dream of Hell
27 August 2015Synopsis
Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2016.
From the award-winning author of The Glasgow Trilogy, comes Every Night I Dream of Hell, a dark and thrilling Glaswegian crime drama.
Nate Colgan: a violent man; 'smart muscle' for the Jamieson organization. Someone to be afraid of.
But now, with its most powerful individuals either dead or behind bars,...
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27 August 2015
9781447291428Reviews
The plot is meticulous, the dialogue sharp, the emotions edgy. Mackay turns in another mesmeric performanceMarcel Berlins, The Times
Mackay's real achievement, and it is considerable, lies in the way he renders Glasgow gangland almost abstract: the language is spare, limpid; the dialogue is uninflected, almost devoid of idiom. It's a shock when, about 50 pages in, someone finally swears. Can this really be Glasgow?
Irish Times
And yet this gives the books their power and a kind of existential force
