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Quite Ugly One Morning
by Christopher Brookmyre
from Time Warner AudioBooks

Features:

• Abridged
• Audiobook

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Quite Ugly One Morning
  Christopher Brookmyre is a 'must read' author, especially if you are familiar with the Scottish vernacular. Very funny.

• For Those Considering the Audiobook Version....
  I agree with previous reviewers regarding the story and the writing style. This is a terrific novel full of quick, funny dialogue and an excellent plot. The characters are fun, complex, and memorable.
  But my review pertains specifically to the audiobook, for anyone wondering how David Tennant does narrating this novel. In a word: EXQUISITE.
  Those who know David solely as The Doctor from Doctor Who are missing out on his enormous acting range. If you've never heard his audio work, you really need... more info

• Quite Ugly and Very Funny
  This is your modern day british crime novel with all the requisite gore. It is also one of the funniest books I have ever read, with a mixture of witty smart mouth one liners ala Myron Bolitar and farcical Tom Sharpe style comic moments. The crime novel is gripping, the comedy induces hysterical laughter and the one liners make you wish you were that sharp - this is all in one electric package. The story set in Edingburgh involves corruption in the National Health system, an ugly murder and a hitman who... more info

• Genuinely Enjoyable
  Christopher Brookmyre was born in Glasgow in 1968 and has worked in Edinburgh, London and LA as a journalist. "Quite Ugly One Morning", his debut novel, was first published in the UK in 1996 and won the inaugural "First Blood" award for the best first crime novel of the year.
  Jack Parlabane, the book's hero, is a journalist whose career started in Glasgow. He was eventually headhunted by one of London's broadsheets, before realising his brand of investigative journalism was steering him towards serious... more info

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