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Christopher Brookmyre

Born

in Glasgow, The United Kingdom

September 06, 1968

Website

http://www.brookmyre.co.uk/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

Influences

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Christopher Brookmyre is a Scottish novelist whose novels mix politics, social comment and action with a strong narrative. He has been referred to as a Tartan Noir author. His debut novel was Quite Ugly One Morning, and subsequent works have included One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night, which he said "was just the sort of book he needed to write before he turned 30", and All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye (2005). Brookmyre also writes historical fiction with Marisa Haetzman, under the pseudonym "Ambrose Parry."
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Christopher Brookmyre’s books

Average rating: 4.05 · 76,697 ratings · 5,129 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors

	Quite Ugly One Morning (Jack Parlabane, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 9,396 ratings — published 1996 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away 4.06 avg rating — 5,378 ratings — published 2001 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night 4.16 avg rating — 5,105 ratings — published 1999 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Widow (Jack Parlabane, #7) 4.15 avg rating — 4,612 ratings — published 2016 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sacred Art of Stealing 4.30 avg rating — 4,089 ratings — published 2002 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye 4.20 avg rating — 3,931 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Country Of The Blind (Jack Parlabane, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 3,866 ratings — published 1997 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boiling a Frog (Jack Parlabane, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 3,658 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where the Bodies Are Buried (Jasmine Sharp and Catherine McLeod, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 3,356 ratings — published 2011 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks (Jack Parlabane, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 3,247 ratings — published 2007 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jack Parlabane (9 books)
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Quotes by Christopher Brookmyre (?)

“Well, are you not going to give the man a round of applause?" he asked. "I mean, that was fucking amazing, didn't you think? Honestly, if you'd asked me ten minutes ago, hypothetically, if it was possible to cut your own head off, I'd have said unequivocally no. You've really got to hand it to the bloke -- though it's fair to say luck was involved. I mean, there's no way he could do it again.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, Be My Enemy

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“Parlabane found the word 'pro-active' enormously useful, as it immediately exposed the speaker as an irredeemable arsehole, whatever previous impression might have been given. Once upon a time, he remembered, people and companies just did things. But that ceased to be impressive enough, and for a while they 'actively' did things. Now they 'pro-actively' did things, but it was still the same bloody things that they were doing when they just plain old did things. Meaningless wank-language.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, Quite Ugly One Morning

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“Truth was, if you were going to believe something, it was best to believe in stuff that made the world seem a more interesting place.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, Not the End of the World

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Polls

Voting for January 2018 Group Read

I'll Keep You Safe by Peter May

8 votes, 27.6%

The Distant Echo by Val McDermid

4 votes, 13.8%

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

4 votes, 13.8%

Where the Bodies Are Buried by Christopher Brookmyre

3 votes, 10.3%

Sacrifice by Sharon J. Bolton

3 votes, 10.3%

One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre

2 votes, 6.9%

Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride

2 votes, 6.9%

Coffin Road by Peter May

1 vote, 3.4%

A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride

1 vote, 3.4%

The Long Drop by Denise Mina

1 vote, 3.4%

Heart Swarm by Allan Watson

0 votes, 0.0%

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