QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING

COUNTRY OF THE
BLIND

NOT THE END OF THE WORLD

ONE FINE DAY IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

BOILING A FROG

A BIG BOY DID IT
AND RAN AWAY

THE SACRED ART
OF STEALING

BE MY ENEMY

ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEBODY LOSES AN EYE

ATTACK OF THE UNSINKABLE RUBBER DUCKS

A TALE ETCHED IN BLOOD AND HARD BLACK PENCIL

We could tell you about the bodies. We could tell you their names, where they were found, the state they were in. We could tell you about the suspects too, the evidence, the investigators; join a few dots, even throw you a motive. But what would be the point? You’re going to make your own assumptions anyway. After all, you know these people, don’t you? You went to school with them. We all did. Granted, that was twenty years ago, but how much does anybody really change? Exactly. So if you really knew them then, you’ll already have all the answers. If you really knew them then . . .

Put on your uniform and line up in an orderly fashion for the funniest and most accurate trip back to the classroom you are likely to read, as well as a murder mystery like nothing that has gone before it. Forget the forensics: only once you’ve been through school with this painfully believable cast of characters will you be equipped to work out what really happened decades later. Even then, you’ll probably guess wrong and be made to stand in the corner.

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Reviews

'The rampantly surreal imagination and anarchic humour of Christopher Brookmyre have made him unique in British crime fiction... [ATEIBAHBP] is another astonishing performance, travelling deeper and more movingly into human emotions than his previous works, without sacrificing his comic zest or meticulous plotting' Times

'Comic, caustic, clever novel' Literary Review

'Quite brilliant... Brookmyre's finest novel yet' Metro

'Typically Brookmyre in its darkly comic ways. Where it becomes remarkable, outstanding even, is in its many quieter moments' The Herald

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