The Cutting Room

Name: The Cutting Room
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Louise Welsh
ISBN: 9781838850913

Author: Louise Welsh

Narrator: Alan Cumming

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Canongate Books

Published: 07/05/2018

Categories: Fiction, Gothic, Lgbtq+, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

'Unputdownable' Sunday Times
'I was hooked from page one' Guardian

When Rilke, a dissolute auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to discover more about the deceased owner who coveted them. Soon he finds himself sucked into an underworld of crime, depravity and secret desire, fighting for his life.

About Louise Welsh

Louise Welsh is the author of eight novels including The Cutting Room, A Lovely Way to Burn and Death is a Welcome Guest. She has received numerous awards and international fellowships, including an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Edinburgh Napier University and an honorary fellowship from the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. Louise Welsh is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ian on January 18, 2015

Exemplary...and Unconventional This is Louise Welsh's first novel, and the second of hers that I've read (having read the first two in reverse order). It's an exemplary crime novel, although the fact that it complies with many or most of the conventions of the crime genre is almost incidental to its d......more

Goodreads review by Ken on April 09, 2023

The central character Rilke - an auctioneer at a struggling auction house certainly likes to do things by the excess. In a way his lifestyle exemplifies the novel as a whole, as he gets the offer to clear a house by a lady who's brother has just died. The reason why Rilke is offered plenty of money is......more

Goodreads review by Baba on October 13, 2020

Writing this 2007 review in 2020, I am afraid I can't recall anything about this book - it's of no surprise that I have total recall of the books I highly rated. Yet again, reading the summary, this should be the type of book I'd really enjoy so I get the rationale behind my choice to read it. 4 out......more