by Christopher Brookmyre
The last book I read during the Laos vacation trip. Since I have to write 15 book summaries, I just copy some of the reviews, which match my own feelings.
Here Phil Leader on Goodreads.com:
“A daring bank robbery in broad daylight puts detective Angelique De Xavier on the trail of a highly intelligent, highly motivated and highly unusual thief. The closer she gets the more she both admires him and wonders at his real motives.
This is classic Brookmyre; plenty of Scottish patois and references, clever and imaginative situations and well drawn characters. Nobody in a Brookmyre novel is black or white, everyone has shades of grey, sometimes more than one shade and this book is no exception.
As would be expected this is a thriller with a wry twist of humour running through it; the bank robbery itself is both tense and a hoot to read as the police are completely outmaneouvred. As the real pursuit by De Xavier continues through the rest of the book the reader is drawn in and exposed to every twist as she experiences it.”
Some of the nice traits: you learn about the Celtic- Rangers Glasgow rivalry, the robbers play “Waiting for Godot” for their hostages in order to avoid tensions, between many others. I definitely will read more Brookmyre books.
Here Phil Leader on Goodreads.com:
“A daring bank robbery in broad daylight puts detective Angelique De Xavier on the trail of a highly intelligent, highly motivated and highly unusual thief. The closer she gets the more she both admires him and wonders at his real motives.
This is classic Brookmyre; plenty of Scottish patois and references, clever and imaginative situations and well drawn characters. Nobody in a Brookmyre novel is black or white, everyone has shades of grey, sometimes more than one shade and this book is no exception.
As would be expected this is a thriller with a wry twist of humour running through it; the bank robbery itself is both tense and a hoot to read as the police are completely outmaneouvred. As the real pursuit by De Xavier continues through the rest of the book the reader is drawn in and exposed to every twist as she experiences it.”
Some of the nice traits: you learn about the Celtic- Rangers Glasgow rivalry, the robbers play “Waiting for Godot” for their hostages in order to avoid tensions, between many others. I definitely will read more Brookmyre books.
Facts:
English title: The Sacred Art of Stealing
Original title: The Sacred Art of Stealing
Published: 2003
