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lblythes's review against another edition
4.0
Fun, solidly written story. Some interesting twists on typical character archetypes.
izzydvies's review against another edition
3.5
3.5 stars. no spoilers but my enjoyment of this book directly correlated to the character arc of stump’s pet rabbit charlie
ahsimlibrarian's review
2.0
Library Journal: Griffiths's characters come straight out of a British gangster film mixed with Irvine Welsh's druggy street squalor. You've got your stock knuckle-dragging heavies, your bad guy on the lam trying to go straight, and your expletive-ridden vernacular holding it all together. Our hero is hiding out in the Welsh countryside, running from a mob boss who has him pinned for revenge. As he contemplates his seedy past, two thugs drive down from Liverpool to take him out. There is eloquence amid the creative cursing—in the descriptions of the countryside and in our one-armed hero's tender ruminations on his vegetable garden and pet rabbit. But unlike Griffiths's Kelly + Victor , this novel loses steam early on, the tension as illusory as a lost limb; the author's cutting-edge style seems to have lost its cool and direction in what feels as empty an exercise as the protagonist's cynical, self-effacing commentary on AA's 12-step proclamations. Only for the reader eager to revisit the crusty loo Ewan MacGregor crawled down in Trainspotting .—MishaStone, Seattle P.L. --MishaStone (Reviewed January 15, 2005) (Library Journal, vol 130, issue 1, p95)
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