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The Cutting Room

Louise Welsh

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Louise Welsh prize-winning debut novel - 100,000 copies sold

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Set in contemporary Glasgow, The Cutting Room is narrated by Rilke, one of the most engaging, flawed and hedonistic fictional creation of recent years. When this dissolute and promiscuous auctioneer comes upon a hidden collection of violent, and highly disturbing, erotic photographs, he feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who coveted them. What follows is a compulsive journey of discovery, decadence and deviousness.

The Cutting Room

Louise Welsh

Louise Welsh is the bestselling author of The Cutting Room, Tamburlaine Must Die and The Bullet Trick. She was chosen as one of Britain's Best First Novelists of 2002 by the Guardian. Her awards include the Crime Writers' Association Creasey Dagger and the Saltire First Book Award. She lives in Glasgow.
'One of the most intriguing, assured and unputdownable debuts to come out of Scotland in recent years . . . A stunning work of fiction.', The Sunday Times
'I was hooked from page one. Rilke is not Welsh's only great creation. The huge supporting cast of misfits and outsiders . . . are equally memorable. And Glasgow becomes a character in itself: it is oppressive, foreboding - a dark place for a dark tale.', The Guardian
'What makes <I>The Cutting Room</I> so gripping is the combination of suspense and character as the story unfolds through the unusual eyes of Rilke . . . His horror, like the reader's, lies in the terrible intimacy, impersonality and irreversibility of what he witnesses.', The Herald
'In Louise Welsh crime fiction has one of its few real literary writers. <I>The Cutting Room</I> is a hugely commendable debut, assured and memorable. Crime fiction may have its prize-winner at last.', Independent

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Titles By This Author:
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    Tamburlaine Must Die

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