The Sacred Art of Stealing

by Christopher Brookmyre

Overview

A darkly funny Scottish crime caper involving bank robbers, hostage-taking, and one wholly unexpected romance

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802128911
Publisher:	Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Publication date:	11/20/2018
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Christopher Brookmyre was a journalist before publishing his award-winning debut, Quite Ugly One Morning. He is the author of the Jack Parlabane thriller series, which has sold over 1 million copies in the UK alone, and the acclaimed Jasmine Sharp and Catherine McLeod novels. He has won many wards for his work, including the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel of the Year, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, and the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award.

Editorial Reviews

Chris Brookmyre is a genius—Daily Mirror

A thriller, love story, social satire and a warning against taking absurdism too seriously—Time Out

Brookmyre has no equal—Maxim

Exhilarating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence—Scotland on Sunday

A thriller, love story, social satire and a warning against taking absurdism too seriously..—TIME OUT

Chris Brookmyre is a genius.—DAILY MIRROR

Brookmyre has no equal.—MAXIM

Exhilarating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence—SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

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