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The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson

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"Great fun and daft as monkeys" — Stuart MacBride, #1 bestselling author of BIRTHDAYS FOR THE DEAD

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…

Praise for Douglas Lindsay:

"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

"This is pitch-black comedy spun from the finest writing. Fantastic plot, unforgettable scenes and plenty of twisted belly laughs." – New Woman

"This chilling black comedy unfolds at dizzying speed...an impressive debut novel." – Sunday Mirror

"Gleefully macabre, hugely enjoyable black burlesque." – The Scotsman

THE BARNEY THOMSON novels in order:

#1 THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON
#2 THE BARBER SURGEON'S HAIRSHIRT
#3 MURDERERS ANONYMOUS
#4 THE RESURRECTION OF BARNEY THOMSON
#5 THE LAST FISH SUPPER
#6 THE HAUNTING OF BARNEY THOMSON
#7 THE FINAL CUT

These seven novels can be bought together as a set. Search for THE BARBERSHOP SEVEN.

About the author Douglas Lindsay is the author of the Barney Thomson crime series, which begins with THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON. He is also the author of the thriller, LOST IN JAUREZ, as well as the police procedurals, THE UNBURIED DEAD (Thomas Hutton #1), A PLAGUE OF CROWS (Thomas Hutton #2) and WE ARE THE HANGED MAN (DCI Jericho #1). Douglas lives in Somerset.

211 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 2, 2003

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Profile Image for Josh.
1,732 reviews178 followers
September 15, 2012
'The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson' oozes black humour just as much as it does sticky red blood. By day Barney Thomson is a slave to his trade as a Glasgow barber, an accidental serial killer in the evenings, and one hell of a laugh 24/7. Making light of his dark intentions, Lindsay crafts a protagonist more suited to sitcom than death row. From subtle taunts and a general lack of recognition of his skill in the workplace spawns murderous thoughts, acted upon in dream scape, then played out in reality through acts of fate. Interestingly enough, for a serial killer, Barney doesn't actually kill anyone - intentionally. He's just an average Joe trying to have a go and make the best of his meager life. Unfortunately for Wullie and Chris (co-workers), the tools of their trade are a tad too conveniently located when the accidental assassin strikes, the result - pure genius and laugh out loud hilarity.

Douglas Lindsay manages to do it all - create suspense as the long, rather disenfranchised arm of the law reaches out for a killer, blacker than black humour, captivating characters (Cemolina - Barney's mother is a hard one to forget), and punchy dialogue in delivering a lighthearted look at a man destined for a cult following. Enjoyable from start to finish - 5 stars. I look forward to reading the other books in the series.
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60 reviews175 followers
September 14, 2014
3.5/5

Continua la mia entusiastica scoperta del noir (non è mai troppo tardi) con una deviazione verso la pinta aggiuntiva dell'humor, dove tutta la faccenda sembra più una commedia di chi gioca a impacciarsi di più nella situazione proposta che una vera e propria scalata meditata come La morte paga doppio.
Non siamo davanti a gente incappottata con la pistola in mano pronta a far fuori a sangue freddo chi si mette di mezzo, ma ad barbiere di provincia a cui girano un po' le palle per i maltrattamenti giornalieri che è costretto a subire. E sappiatelo: no, non è come sembra, andrà in modo diverso da come ve l'aspettate da questa semplice premessa.
La trama è costruita niente male e le trovate dell'autore valide: chiariamoci, non è nulla di spettacolare ma regala comunque delle piacevoli ore di lettura. Rispetto ad un'ipotetica atmosfera da CSI, i dialoghi da ignorantoni di questi personaggi assolutamente normali quanto grotteschi a tratti fanno il punto forte del romanzo, anche se alla lunga mi chiedo se il traduttore non abbia esagerato nel rendere la loro sgrammaticatura: certi errori devono essere proprio voluti, non mi sembra possibile che suonino naturali anche per chi della correttezza se n'è sempre fregato. I riferimenti a Irvine Welsh e Tarantino non sono del tutto sani per chi si ritrova per caso a leggere il retro di copertina: i soliti paragoni ambiziosi e un po' azzardati. Però anche io metto un soldino in segno di scommessa sul "non vi spiacerà per niente, prometto almeno dei sorrisi, dai!".
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Author 52 books75 followers
August 11, 2011
Man walks into a barber's. Asks for a Tony Curtis. Falls asleep as the barber sets to work. When he wakes up, he's bald as Yul Brynner. "I asked for a Tony Curtis, you fool." "Aye," says the barber. "It's what he'd get if he came in here."
Hair-cutting, like many other things in life, is related to confidence. When we meet Barney ThomPson, he's all out of it.

Things have got so bad that men will pass up the chance of a haircut from Barney even if it means they need to stay in the shop for an extra hour in order to be seen to by one of his colleagues, Wullie and Chris. It's not just that Wullie and Chris can do a better job with the scissors, it's that they have the patter - football, weather, politics, art - you name it and they have an opinion on the tips of their tongues.

Perhaps it's not surprising then that Barney is a little peeved. Might not even be too shocking if he decided to kill the others before he ends up doing his work at the back-room chair.

What's more of a surprise is that Barney tells people of his murderous intentions. And he keeps hinting at what he's done after he's accidentally stabbed Wullie in the chest with a tool of his trade and had to dispose of the body.

This book is refreshingly fun and highly enjoyable. Trying to find parallels is something I struggled with given the limitations of my own reading experience.

The best I can do is to suggest this. Imagine Jeeves and Wooster. Turn Jeeves into a senile old woman called Cemolina who lives in a stinking tenement flat. Take Bertie and take away his riches. Have him born into a working-class family in Scotland and turn him into a charmless barber. Now consider the mess these guys are going to get into.

With me?

Alongside the accidental killing, add to the ingredients a serial killer and the cops who've eaten too many pies and drop in the comedy of Monty Python, Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper and the like and you're almost there.
When I read this book, I laughed out loud so much that I could feel my spirit soaring and my levels of happiness increase. It's hilarious. The kind of humour I wish I could muster.

It would be a mistake, however, to underestimate the skill of the author simply because the book's funny. It's only by setting you up, by getting the timing exactly right and by creating a plot that is utterly engaging from beginning to end that one can fully appreciate the talent. Closest I can come to really helping you out is `Old Dogs' by the wonderful Donna Moore; if you understand that reference, you'll know exactly the high class of territory I'm talking about. Not only that, but I needed to use the dictionary from time to time - slivicultural sent me scurrying, for example.

I've learned a few things in the process, too.

How to cover up for mistakes:

`The first two haircuts were indeed dangerously close to being suitable cases for litigious action. However, he was a past master of the water disguise treatment.'

And about hairstyles, the Byzantine triple weave being the most difficult in the world; that Marciano is not a type of pasta; that it's OK to open a novel with the word breast; and where to go if I need a Heston '86.

Douglas Lindsey, writes like he's fully embedded in Scottish dialect, yet at the same time (and he'll probably hate me for this) he has the beautiful English of an Oxbridge scholar (I know, not all beautiful language is English, BBC or Oxbridge, but still). He's written a whole series about Barney and I look forward to more fabulous reads in the near future.
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4,956 reviews579 followers
December 2, 2013
Barney Thomson is no one's idea of a hero. He's about as faulty as a protagonist can be. He's a barber who believes in his own greatness (solely so), yet admits to giving out atrocious haircuts more often than not. The women in his life, his wife and his mother, both ignore him in favor of the most insanely hilarious soap operas and quiz shows. His customers don't like him, his coworkers don't like him. His life is sh*t or, since it's in Scotland, sh*te. He's just not a likable, nice or particularly interesting guy. He's about as inept at murder as he is at haircutting, but that doesn't stop him. This book took me a while to get into, but once it picked up, it was a macabre delight. About halfway through there are some absolutely ridiculously awesome severely messed up Bates style revelations that just set the whole book up. Lindsay's a very funny writer, dark humor, reminiscent of Jeff Strand, which in my book is a high compliment. This book, first of seven, is atypical in that Barney is the opposite of a charming calculated sociopath that is usually the stereotype for a serial killer series. He doesn't really menace, plan or prepare, he stumbles and messes up. Being pathetic is as close as he gets to being sympathetic, in fact he's unapologetically unsympathetic, which oddly enough turns out to be part of the book's charm. An unexpected comic pleasure, fun, funny, very entertaining and quick read. Recommended.
33 reviews6 followers
November 20, 2011
A wife so pre-occupied with TV soaps, she barely manages to have a conversation; a more than a bit dottled 84 year old mother who’s an enthusiastic devotee of TV quiz shows with the most bizarre titles; and work colleagues he cannot abide. This is the most humdrum life of poor, wretched, miserable Barney Thomson, a barber living in Glasgow. However, everything is soon to change - a serial killer is on the loose and the ensuing carnage presents Barney with almost insurmountable challenges.

I had laughed all the way through the Barney Thomson novella ‘The End Of Days’ so I was looking forward to reading the first in the series of Barney Thomson stories. ‘The Long Midnight’ certainly did not disappoint; in fact, I ended up being banished to another room to continue reading it as everyone else got fed up with me laughing and then diligently trying to explain what I was finding so amusing!

Douglas Lindsay manages to capture and parody so much from everyday life then skillfully fuses it into a witty crime/murder story. The result is a tremendously entertaining black comedy.

The ending leaves you in no doubt there must be a sequel and I cannot wait to find out what happens in the next story.
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232 reviews20 followers
April 7, 2014
Loved it! It had a great mix of knowns and unknowns throughout it for my liking. It was another of those 'how can things turn even worse?' - yet it managed to happen. And now I find that this is part of a series. Well, I'm definitely going forward with this batch!
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118 reviews8 followers
December 23, 2013
Awful awful awful. This book is dire and I found myself questioning why I was carrying on with it all the way through to the end
Definitely a dark humoured book, though I didn't find it very dark or very humorous.
It bored me, 100%.
The most infuriating thing was the ending, left on a cliffhanger, a free ebook when the next one is not so free... As it is a short book it just feels like you've been given the first half for free. I felt cheated out of a couple of hours of my life.
Sorry, but this just really wasn't my thing.
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3,206 reviews67 followers
August 28, 2013
Vaguely amusing, mostly due to the soap opera storylines running in the background, this ridiculous story kept me engaged a while. I didn't warn to the character, and with each new revelation mentally rolled my eyes at the New development, but it was good fun.
Might read another.
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10 reviews
April 30, 2011
Absolutely brilliant! Superb dark-humoured Glaswegian murders. Haven't enjoyed a book quite as much since Euphemia MacFarrigle and the Laughing Virgin.
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296 reviews78 followers
May 7, 2020
Un noir grottesco e divertente per chi ama la Scozia, Glasgow in particolare, e la pioggia battente.

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La classica “commedia degli equivoci” dove situazioni casuali e al limite del surreale sfociano in un finale paradossale.

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Una lettura scorrevole e piacevole, senza infamia né senza lode: di sicuro Douglas Lindsday è lontano dalle vette del connazionale Irvine Welsh quando si è avventurato nel genere crime.

2 stelle e mezzo.
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1,151 reviews91 followers
October 10, 2017
Caruccio, ma nulla più. La parlata gergale irrita un poco (sentire parlare in marchigiano sgrammaticato degli ispettori scozzesi non è proprio un gran che) e la storia ha alcuni momenti buffi, ma ci fermiamo lì. Non so gli altri tre libri della stessa serie come siano; penso rimarrò con la curiosità.
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575 reviews
May 5, 2025
a huge pleasure from start to finish. the writing is clever, very very funny and the plot unravels beautifully.
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507 reviews781 followers
September 13, 2016
Ho impiegato qualche giorno per decidere quale libro iniziare dopo Ritratti famosi di comuni animali . Ne ho talmente tanti a casa (e un altro è in arrivo, se le Poste si svegliano) e nella Lista Dei Libri Da Leggere (la Madre di tutte le liste, dalla lunghezza spropositata, che non oso postare qui perché supereremmo il record di righe di pochi giorni fa), che è sempre un dramma sceglierne uno. Alla fine ho optato per un romanzo, anche se non mi piace il fatto che non abbia mai voglia di cimentarmi di nuovo con un saggio storico... Mi sembra quasi di rifuggire dal mio lavoro!
Comunque, dalla penultima spedizione dell'IBS avevo qui questo libretto (321 pagine, ma il libro è di formato piccolo e il carattere piuttosto grosso, quindi anche se l'ho letto in due giorni non sono un fenomeno): La bottega degli errori, di Douglas Lindsay. Il titolo italiano cerca fin troppo l'assonanza con il film La piccola bottega degli orrori , e ci può anche stare, vista la trama, però il titolo originale è molto diverso: The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson. Mi chiedo a volte perché non si traduca fedelmente sempre anche il titolo: in fin dei conti, l'ha dato l'Autore, no? Avrà pure un significato preciso nel contesto dell'opera.
Dell'autore, e del personaggio principale, Barney Thomson, misantropo barbiere di Glasgow, ho sentito parlare per la prima volta leggendo una recensione non proprio entusiasta del secondo romanzo della serie sul Corriere della Sera, che mi aveva fatto astenere dal comprarlo. E però... quel libro curioso continuava a tornarmi periodicamente in testa, anche perché la trama somigliava a un sogno un po' inquietante che avevo fatto molto tempo prima, una specie de Il nome della rosa più truculento, con me che ero un monaco in un'abbazia in cui tutti venivano uccisi... Poi venni a sapere che un'altra "wikipediana" l'aveva letto, dandone un giudizio molto positivo e trovandolo assai divertente. Insomma, alla fin fine, ho deciso di dargli una chance comunque, a Douglas Lindsay: un libro senza storie d'amore e dai tratti grotteschi ma molto british non poteva essere del tutto cattivo! Visto che però era stupido iniziare dal secondo romanzo di Barney, nell'ordine ho incluso anche la sua prima avventura, appunto La bottega degli errori.

Devo dire che me lo aspettavo diverso, ovvero mi aspettavo un romanzo in cui davvero il nonsense la facesse da padrone. Invece, pur nell'assurdità delle situazioni che si susseguono, la trama non diventa mai un "fumettone", il povero Barney ha un'anima e anzi, ogni tanto, sembra di venire risucchiati in quest'atmosfera grigia e piovosa di una Glasgow in cui l'unico svago è andare al pub o vedersi la partita.
Ciò detto, comunque, si ride anche, o meglio, si sogghigna, grazie allo humor nerissimo e deliziosamente cattivo dell'autore, per non parlare della trama che, senza essere il capolavoro dei capolavori, ti sa avvincere (c'è un colpo di scena niente male verso la metà!). Di questa non posso dire molto, perché c'è il rischio di rovinare il gusto a chi volesse leggere il libro. In breve: a Glasgow, la polizia è sulle tracce di un misterioso serial killer che uccide e fa a pezzi le sue vittime, spedendo poi parti dei corpi ai parenti. Umnh. Nel frattempo, Barney Thomson, sulla quarantina, lavora come barbiere in una bottega con due suoi colleghi. È un uomo triste, ingrigito, scorbutico, solitario, non si sente per nulla apprezzato e trascina stancamente le giornate. Non è cattivo, ma detesta un po' tutti, dai clienti alla moglie, e soprattutto i colleghi, con l'unica eccezione della sua mamma. Sarà proprio lei infatti ad aiutarlo quando, assolutamente senza alcuna intenzionalità da parte sua (è proprio questo il lato comico), si troverà seriamente nei guai... Basta. Lettura divertente. Ora naturalmente il prossimo libro è una scelta obbligata: Il monastero dei lunghi coltelli, dello stesso autore.

3,5/5

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Profile Image for Rob Kitchin.
Author 55 books107 followers
March 3, 2019
The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson is a comedy noir, thickly laced with black humour. The story is not particularly complicated, but is very well told, and there are three strong twists in the book that the rotate the plot ninety degrees each time to good effect. The dialogue and wit (or talking pish in the books terms) in the barber scenes is excellent, as is the running commentary on the soap operas Barney’s wife watches, and the banter between the detectives. I laughed out loud several times, especially in the first half of the book. The characterisation was spot on and despite being one of life’s losers it’s difficult not to take to Barney and his ill-judged decisions and morose approach to life. If there are any television producers reading this, in my view, the book would make a very good two-hour comedy drama. Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable read and I’m looking forward to the second book in the series, The Cutting Edge.
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646 reviews86 followers
December 1, 2017
I sincerely disliked this book. It was part of a 7 book Omnibus that amazon had on sale a couple of years ago and I bought it for my kindle back then. Alas, I won’t bother to read the other 6 books, as The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson annoyed the hell out of me.
I am desperately trying to find something nice to say about the book, but can’t think of anything.
The characters were clichéd outlines, they had no real personality. The tone of the book is supposed to be funny, but it’s definitely not my kind of humor.
Also, I hated the way women were portrayed. There was no female main character and the way the other protagonists talked about women made clear that their main purpose in life is to look good and make men happy (in case they’re single women) or watch terrible soap operas, cook awful dinners and make men miserable (in case they’re married).
Luckily this was a very short read and only stole a few hours of my life.
If you’re thinking of buying it: don’t.
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1,053 reviews13 followers
August 12, 2020
Letto in italiano nel 2007, alla sua prima uscita.
Il gradimento era stato medio, con tre stelle abbondanti...
Una serie di omicidi accaduti per caso, come per puro caso si risolvono gli intoppi che mettono i bastoni tra le ruote del protagonista.
Tipico humour britannico, a volte troppo britannico per il lettore occasione. Però, una volta entrati nell'ottica, divertente e completamente nonsense.
Sono in attesa della prossima avventura di Barney Thompson (barbiere e...).

Riletto in inglese guadagna una stella per la parlata glaswegian che rieccheggia nelle orecchie ad ogni dialogo.
Conoscendo già la storia non c'era molta sorpresa per i vari colpi di scena, ma è restata una lettura divertente.
Probabilmente mi riguarderò il film (The Legend of Barney Thomson), rigorosamente in lingua originale.
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71 reviews3 followers
April 23, 2014
This book was entertaining but I felt it was intended to be a serious crime novel and read a bit silly , with a silly story line. It did however leave me wondering what happened next. I might actually pick up book two.
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778 reviews22 followers
January 18, 2013
Absolutely brilliant-as a scotsman- wonderful story and fab language-loved it.Now for book 2.Yippee.Mon the Barney.......
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471 reviews22 followers
April 3, 2013
Our hero is a serial killer. Not in the sense that Dexter is a serial killer. More like Barney Fife meets Mr Bean.

A great dark sense of humor!

5 STARS
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1,265 reviews165 followers
May 14, 2023
In una Glasgow perennemente piovosa, l’opinione pubblica è scossa da una serie di delitti particolarmente raccapriccianti, in quanto uno degli organi delle vittime viene poi recapitato alle relative famiglie quasi fosse un pacco regalo. La polizia non sa da dove partire. E, in questo quadro grigio e sfortunato, vive un personaggio altrettanto grigio e sfortunato, Barney Thomson, un barbiere semplice, un uomo comune, dall’aria apparentemente mite ma che cela, in sé, tanta rabbia: nel salone in cui lavora, infatti, i due colleghi, preferiti dalla maggior parte dei clienti, lo relegano sullo sfondo, mentre a casa, la sciatta moglie Agnes gli preferisce banali soap opera in tv. Insomma, Barney vive un’esistenza frustrata…e non trova conforto nemmeno nell’anziana madre, che rimesta in cucina minestre maleodoranti e di indubbia provenienza e, di fronte alle lamentele del figlio, non fa che incitarlo alla vendetta e alla violenza.
Per gli amanti delle storie thriller, è facile prevedere come, a un certo punto, la rabbia che Barney cova esploda tutta insieme, innestando una serie di azioni che porteranno tutti, la polizia compresa, a facili fraintendimenti.
Non ho trovato questo libro di Douglas Linsday divertente, come citato in diverse recensioni, nemmeno gli ho intravisto un’ombra di quell’humour nero tanto decantato. No, è un thriller dal ritmo veloce e dalla forte tensione psicologica, in cui l’assassino si configura fino alla fine (e non è la prima volta!) come una vittima lui stesso della società, meschina, indifferente, ingiusta, che non è in grado di includerlo e di valorizzare quello che, inizialmente, c’è di buono in lui. Un incompreso che diventa assassino…ma è proprio così?
Consigliato!
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14 reviews
May 29, 2021
Probabilmente in lingua originale meriterebbe molto di più, ma in italiano la traduzione è risultata, a mio gusto e opinione, poco appropriata e terribile.
I personaggi parlano tutti allo stesso modo (stesso intercalare o particolarità) non facendo distinguere un dialogo dall’altro, hanno cadenze relative a dialetti regionali italiani (“che stai a dì..”) che per un libro ambientato in Scozia mi sembra eccessivo e, non meno importante, numerosi congiuntivi sbagliati (pensavo fossero tipici di un personaggio, invece ho poi notato essere un vero errore presente in tutto il libro).

La trama è carina e leggera, a tratti anche comica. Sicuramente guarderò il film che hanno tratto. La traduzione però non vale la lettura e tanto meno leggeró il seguito. Peccato.
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131 reviews2 followers
September 7, 2017
Barney Thomson, a miserable and awkward barber from Glasgow, soon finds himself in a sticky situation when he accidentally murders his boss Wully Henderson. Filled with comedy, dark humour, accidental murder, neatly labeled corpses, countless soap operas, and a cantankerous old woman this book has it all. It's an easy and pleasurable read, with some Lang towards the begging but a page turning, chuckle inducing ending of absolute perfect absurdity. I highly recommend the book and Robert Carlyle's recent film adaptation The Legend of Barney Thompson. Cheers!
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155 reviews
November 12, 2019
What a fun story, mad and silly and quite unbelievable. Grew to love it anyway. Could really visualise the characters and loved all the descriptions of haircut styles. Loved the setting of Glasgow, any book that uses Scotland as a backdrop is good for me. Silly ending but it was always going to be that way.
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1,053 reviews13 followers
August 7, 2020
Una serie di omicidi accaduti per caso, come per puro caso si risolvono gli intoppi che mettono i bastoni tra le ruote del protagonista.
Tipico humour britannico, a volte troppo britannico per il lettore occasione. Però, una volta entrati nell'ottica, divertente e completamente nonsense.
Sono in attesa della prossima avventura di Barney Thompson (barbiere e...).
87 reviews
April 21, 2021
I actually enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. A very dark comedic story about a serial killer. Great fun even though it was quite gory at times. I believe it is also a film with Robert Carlyle.
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Author 4 books3 followers
February 24, 2023
Esilarante. Questo noir dallo humor tutto inglese è stato uno spasso.
Consigliato per qualche ora di divertimento, e adesso vorrei proprio riuscire a recuperare la trasposizione cinematografica.
[Letta l’edizione del 2008 dell’Universale Economica Feltrinelli].
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635 reviews4 followers
July 26, 2024
Read for Mystery Book Club September 2024. A Mark choice. The story was awful although some described as black humor. Barney is boring and one dimensional. What propelled this character into a 7 book series-yikes!
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11 reviews
April 8, 2018
Think "Crime and Punishment" set in Glasgow, add more than a dash of dark humour, and you're more or less spot on. A very enjoyable and we'll crafted read.
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