Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full time novelist with the publication of QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING. Since the publication of A BIG BOY DID IT AND RAN AWAY he and his family decided to move away from Aberdeen and now live near Glasgow.
'Brookmyre writes beautifully and describes an unfamiliar world vividly and credibly... I was hooked' -- Jessica Mann * Literary Review * One of Brookmyre's most accomplished books... razor sharp * The Big Issue * Has all the verbal and narrative energy of his best work. A pleasing mix of old and new, its country-hopping plot looks back to Grahame Greene and John Buchan, but the pop and media references are bang up-to-date -- John Dugdale * Sunday Times * Tense, intense and quite, quite brilliant * Jenny Colgan * Brookmyre writes beautifully and describes an unfamiliar world vividly and credibly... I was hooked * Literary Review * One of Brookmyre's most accomplished books... razor sharp * Big Issue * Tense, intense and quite, quite brilliant * Jenny Colgan * Has all the verbal and narrative energy of his best work. A pleasing mix of old and new, its country-hopping plot looks back to Grahame Greene and John Buchan, but the pop and media references are bang up-to-date * Sunday Times *