and
Alec Duncan
Back Of Town Blues pbk out 21st Feb
1997 Justice
City About the Author Bibliography D.G.Compton
and
Alec Duncan
Back Of Town Blues pbk out 21st Feb
1997
Justice
City
About the Author
Bibliography
Back Of
Town Blues
Alec Duncan, King of Swing, it says on the billboard outside Tony's. A black
man playing a white piano, just what you need to tart up a dodgy nightspot. Forty quid a
night plus tips - about all a black Scots ex-copper with nimble fingers and a record of
violence on the job can hope for.
Now, though , with Trevor Bladon, his girlfriend's killer, safely banged up for the rest
of his life, it's time for Trevor to put it all behind him and get on with his life. But
first he needs to sort out a couple of things with Trevor in his cell. He's not exactly
sure why, but he goes anyway, and it's not a good idea. He ends up as a prime suspect in
another murder.
In this sequel to Justice City, D.G.Compton returns to
his portrayal of a tough and terrifying Liverpool, a few minutes into the future.
"One of the few thriller writers who does not leave you feeling manipulated or
foolish - unless, of course, you never get around to reading any of his good books"
Independent
"...thoughtful and disturbing" Birmingham Post
"...uncompromisingly ferocious crime story set - like Compton's last excellent
novel, Justice City - in Liverpool." Liverpool Echo
Justice City
"Like Dostoyevsky, he uses the framework of the police novel... but for now a
Justice City does not exist. By inventing it, Compton is able to embark on a profound (and
bitterly ironic) meditation on the meaning of justice, crime, cruelty, punishment" Locus
"Justice City is the punishment block, the Stangeways of the future... A
womam-killer dies in the first stage of induction, a drugging process known as
thresholding. Our cop, Alec Duncan, is made to feel like an outsider, though as a black
Scot he's used to that. The possibilities are satisfyingly various: the edgy, intelligent
thrills are constant" Oxford Times
"...remarkable for the unswerving ferocity of its depiction of a milieu in which
small-minded intolerance is given full rein. It is an economically swift and tightly
plotted thriller. Recommended" Interzone
"Most impressive. For God's sake, keep it away from Michael Howard." Literary
Review
"...a profound and bitterly ironic meditation on the meanings of justice, crime,
cruelty and punishment." Locus
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
D.G.Compton was born in 1930 and lives in London. His
many critically acclaimed novels include The Steel Crocodile, Chronocules, The
Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe, Ascendencies and Nomansland.
- Justice City (Gollancz 1994) (Alec Duncan)
- Back Of Town Blues (Gollancz 1996) (Alec Duncan) pbk out 21st Feb 1997