Blogs in January 1970

The Hurting 1st January 1970

‘The Hurting: The Glasgow Terror’ finds Gus Thoroughgood recovering from injuries received in his adventures in ‘Parallel Lines: The Glasgow Supremacy’ and wondering whether to continue his career in the Glasgow Police force. Having handed in his resignation, he...

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The Bullet Trick 1st January 1970

The protagonist here is a Glaswegian conjurer who has seen better days. Those who know their literature of the Gothic (and Louise Welsh is certainly of that number!) will no doubt spot that the author has christened her anti-hero...

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Morbid Relations 1st January 1970

Robert Argyll is a failing stand up comedian. To make matters worse, he drinks too much, can’t hold down a relationship and is going nowhere fast. When he gets the news of his mother’s death, he reluctantly makes the...

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The Cutting Room 1st January 1970

THE DARK SIDE of Glasgow lies behind this black, erotic thriller. Homosexual antique dealer Rilke is commissioned to sell at auction the entire contents of a deceased old man’s estate. What seems a straightforward deal turns suspicious upon the...

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Garnethill 1st January 1970

It is, of course, the stuff of nightmares. Maureen comes home late and drunk and wakes up next morning with a hangover, and her boyfriend in the next room with his throat cut, and something nasty in the cupboard...

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