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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionseBook editionsThe Cutting Roomby Louise Welsh
AwardsSelected as one of Britain's Best First Novelists of 2002 by The Guardian
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Wow! A first novel with an intriguing plot and totally believable characters. An excellent writer who allows you to empathize with a protagonist who is not always deserving. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:When Rilke, a dissolute auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent photos, he feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who coveted them. What follows is a compulsive journey of discovery, decadence, and deviousness that leads Rilke into a dark underworld. Review:"Rilke is hardly a likable character, but...he is so witty, self-aware and oddly vulnerable...that he becomes disarming....[Welsh knows] how to keep an intriguing story moving. She is not good at action, however, and the actual climax...is oddly muted and unconvincing. This is one of those books...in which the journey is infinitely more beguiling than the destination." Publishers Weekly Review:"Rilke is a brilliantly complex character....I love this book." Kate Edwards, The Guardian (U.K.) Review:"A sharp, darkly glittering debut." Dilys Rose, author of Pest Maiden Review:"Each character in The Cutting Room, from Rilke's blowsy broad of a boss to a tranny drug dealer, no matter how small, comes off the page vividly....After Rilke, the most prominent character in the book is Glasgow itself. Welsh gives a strong sense of a city that has become its own gloomy monument....The Cutting Room is further proof of the renaissance of Scottish fiction, a movement often credited to the likes of Irvine Welsh, James Kelman and Geoff Torrington. With the exception of Alan Warner (author of Morvern Callar), however, the vitality of Scottish writing has been better represented by crime novelists like Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Denise Mina and John Harvey. Louise Welsh may prove able to straddle the two camps, attracting the readers of both literary and genre fiction. You can find traces of morality tales, urban fiction, crime stories and Gothics in The Cutting Room without finding any single point of comparison that mirrors the book's unique voice or hardened humanism. It's a brilliant debut." Charles Taylor, Salon.com Review:"[A] remarkable first novel....Like all the best exponents of the genre, Louise Welsh sets up her template and then manipulates it, using the glamour of crime to examine more humdrum kinds of suffering and loss....She is playfully referential; one reason this novel is such fun to read is that it feels as though the author's enjoying herself." Sophie Harrison, The New York Times Book Review Review:"A stunning work of fiction....One of the most intriguing assured and unputdownable debuts to come out of Scotland in recent years." The Sunday Times (UK)
Review:"Astonishingly this is a first novel, catapulting Welsh straight into the superstar league, while establishing Rilke as a classic original." The Times (UK) Review:"The Cutting Room is a hugely commendable debut, assured and memorable. Crime fiction may have its prize-winner at last." The Independent (UK) Review:"This elegiac, elegant and atmospheric book is an original and compelling first novel. Rarely can such gothic material have been treated with such subtlety" Daily Telegraph (UK) What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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