Bampot Central

Jack Parlabane #0

by Christopher Brookmyre

This is Bampot Central the short story, which is available in the crime anthology Fresh Blood II. It was shortlisted for the 1997 Crime Writers Association Short Story Dagger Award.

This story can be read online at the author’s website.

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Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Christopher Brookmyre is a Scottish novelist whose novels mix politics, social comment and action with a strong narrative. He has been referred to as a Tartan Noir author. His debut novel was Quite Ugly One Morning, and subsequent works have included One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night, which he said "was just the sort of book he needed to write before he turned 30", and All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye (2005). Brookmyre also writes historical fiction with Marisa Haetzman, under the pseudonym "Ambrose Parry."

Reviews

[Eamonn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story no longer on authors website but can be
read in the collection of short stories 'Jaggy Splinters'

You can also hear the radio play here...
https://archive.org/details/bampot-ce... - this version is better than the book tbf.

A good short story with Brookmyre's usual wit.

[Cathryn · Rating 2 out of 5]

First (prequel) short story in a new book series I am going to try. Hmmm... not quite sure about this one. It is VERY VERY Scottish. I read everything Alexander McCall Smith writes, and am a lifelong Anglophile but still much of the slang and cultural references went zooming over my head. I'll try the first couple of full-length books, though. Watch this space...