The Last Hit

by Llwyd Owen

Overview

A gripping novel by Llwyd Owen about an under-world of gang warfare in south Wales, where murder is becoming a way of life. The Welsh-language version of this novel, Yr Ergyd Olaf, was published in November 2007 and long listed for the 2008 Welsh-language Book of the Year award.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847717122
Publisher:	The Books Council of Wales
Publication date:	04/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	468 KB

Editorial Reviews

09/16/2013
This tasty confection of a crime novel from Welsh author Owen (Faith, Hope & Love) centers on Al “Tubbs” Bach, a Cardiff hit man who longs for a normal life free of his manipulative father-figure, T-Bone. Unfortunately, T-Bone, the Bandidos biker gang’s casually murderous leader, will never let go of Tubbs, the son of his slain lover, Foxy Mulldare. Meanwhile, Petra, notorious since inadvertently starting the fire that killed her parents, wants a better life, too, but first will have to escape predatory pimp Vexl and his thuggish sidekick, Gimpmon. Eschewing complex characterization, Owen draws Tubbs, T-Bone, et al. in bold, stark colors. Narrative flourishes like flashbacks and shifting viewpoints can’t conceal this briskly paced novel’s essential linearity as it races toward a foreordained confrontation between killers. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly