Shuggie Boyle is a changed man. Which is why, after serving four years for armed robbery, he's skipped his licence and jacked a pensioner's car. He is heading back to his ex-girlfriend's house to retrieve the stash from the robbery. Happiness for Shuggie is only a few grand and a few thousand miles away - the journey from California (in Falkirk) to California (in America).
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"Sometimes criminals decide to go straight, and sometimes the rest of the world won't let them. It's another superb story from Banks, and he manages the difficult trick of making you feel sorry for someone with very few redeeming features. Short and sharp." — Gary (5 out of 5 stars)
"Sometimes criminals decide to go straight, and sometimes the rest of the world won't let them. It's another superb story from Banks, and he manages the difficult trick of making you feel sorry for someone with very few redeeming features. Short and sharp."
" Good slice of life and it's real. "
" Started off blazing fast and a hot read, but really fizzled towards the end. Like...you, I, the dude, "finishing" too quick. "
Ray Banks shares his birthday with Chuck Barris and Curtis Mayfield, screeching into the world on the same day that Roberto Rossellini took his leave. His past careers include gigs as a wedding singer, double-glazing salesman, croupier, dole monkey, and multiple turns as a disgruntled temp. Now he writes books (eight so far, including Dead Money, Sucker Punch, and Beast of Burden) as well as novellas and a seemingly endless list of short stories. He spends his days holed up somewhere in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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