On This Page
Description
In the grimy underbelly of London, private detective Duffy takes on an extortion case and finds himself pitted against one of the city's most dangerous crime lords Rosie McKechnie was alone when the two men entered her home, tied her to a chair, and cut her with a switchblade. It was a message for her husband, Brian. To outside appearances, Brian McKechnie is just a businessman. But to Big Eddynbsp;Martoff, London's underworld kingpin, McKechnie is a big fat mark. With a history of crooked show more business deals and extramarital affairs, McKechnie is the perfect target. To beat back the blackmail, McKechnie needs someone who understands lowlifes like Martoff--and Nick Duffy knows lowlifes. Duffy was a copper until four years ago, when malicious rumors about his sex life ripped through the force. Now he is in private security, and McKechnie's case is one he cannot refuse. Duffy, no stranger to his city's seedier offerings, dives into a world of prostitutes, hoods, and porn moguls. Can he find a way to put the pinch on Big Eddy before Soho swallows him whole? show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Recommendations
SomeGuyInVirginia Anti hero investigator.
Member Reviews
Neat and nasty. I don't think I've particularly ever loved Julian Barnes except for Arthur & George, but this was plenty of gritty fun. It didn't take itself too seriously, but it was satisfyingly grimy. I'll track down the others in the series.
The original where Duffy investigates the soft underbelly of London's Soho. People really are as nasty as you think!!!
First of the four novels featuring ex-copper Duffy, written under a pseudonym by Julian Barnes. Released from literary constraint, he takes us into a sleazy world. Fab! Full review on my blog: http://annabookbel.net/20-books-summer-julian-barnes-only-story-dan-kavanagh-duf...
Julian Barnes escribió como divertimento una serie de novelas policiales, esta es la primera de la serie. Esta por supuesto bien escrita, pero me parece que se le nota mucho el "divertimento" y pierde un poco las riendas de la novela negra. Un ex policía bi sexual, es contratado para descubrir quien está extorsionando a un "honesto comerciante", y aparecen los que le hicieron la camita para separarlo de la fuerza, y algunos mafiosos. Me parece que habrá que darle una segunda oportunidad
Nov 15, 2022Spanish
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
Cheesy pleasures and odd lots!
119 works; 7 members
Author Information
89+ Works 42,990 Members
Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England, on January 19, 1946. He received a degree in modern languages from Magdalen College, Oxford University in 1968. He has held jobs as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary, a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesmen and the New Review, and a television critic. He has written show more numerous works of fiction including Arthur and George, Pulse: Stories, The Noise of Time, and England, England. He received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1980 for Metroland, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1985 and a Prix Medicis in 1986 for Flaubert's Parrot, and the Man Booker Prize in 2011 for The Sense of an Ending. He also writes non-fiction works including Letters from London, The Pedant in the Kitchen, and Nothing to Be Frightened Of. He received the Shakespeare Prize by the FVS Foundation in 1993, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2004, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature in 2011. He writes detective novels under the pseudonym Dan Kavanaugh. His works under this name include Duffy, Fiddle City, Putting the Boot In, and Going to the Dogs. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Some Editions
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Duffy; La nuit est sale
- Original title
- Duffy
- Alternate titles*
- La nuit est sale; Duffy
- Original publication date
- 1980
- People/Characters
- Nicolas Duffy
- Important places
- Soho, London, England, UK
- Disambiguation notice*
- Précédement paru sous le titre : "La nuit est sale"
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 193
- Popularity
- 169,063
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (3.45)
- Languages
- 6 — Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 24
- ASINs
- 4
