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Violence
Some
Moderate; Glasgow debt collection world with credible threat of violence
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate; the crime world involves drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate; the moral weight of doing dirty work for people who don't have to
What this book is about
Malcolm Mackay's standalone crime novel follows two young debt collectors for a Glasgow crime organization — one who follows orders without thinking too hard, and one who is starting to think too hard — through a world where the rules are made by people with money and enforced by people without it. Mackay's spare, precise prose makes Scottish crime fiction feel like the literature it is.
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Glasgow crime world
Debt collection and criminal violence
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