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Paying For It (2009)

by Tony Black(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1848090226 (ISBN13: 9781848090224)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Preface Publishing

series

Gus Dury

review 1: Having never read any of Tony Blacks work as was sceptical at first as i am with all new authors but i needn't have worried Paying For It was a fantastic read. With just enough action and suspense to keep you turning pages without seeming too far fetched, which, if i'm honest a lot of authors today are taking things in to the realm of fantasy when the books supposed to be based on everyday events. However Tony has the mix spot on the gritty side of Edinburgh that people have never seen comes through in a shocking and frankly scary way that doesn't do the tourist board any favours but for a lover of crime novels you will not be left wanting.
review 2: Paying For It is written from a first person perspective, the reader viewing the world through Gus Dury. And it... more’s the view from one step away from the gutter. Dury knows how to drink himself to oblivion, how to push those people that still care away, how to provoke dangerous people into a fight and then take the punishment. And yet he still retains some humanity and dignity, some semblance of journalistic righteousness and justice. For the most part I enjoyed the novel. Dury is plausible, the characterisation well realised, the dialogue believable. The prose is workmanlike, and the pacing good. At times though the story lacks credibility – Dury drinks so much, and takes beatings that would leave him so incapacitated that he’d hardly be able to function. And yet he soldiers on, with folk for the most part ignoring the battered and bruised state he's in. After a particularly savage beating in which he loses his teeth, his mother’s comment is that he looks like he needs a good feed! And there are a couple of continuity issues, such as Nadja losing her East European accent after the first couple of scenes, and a couple of puzzling questions concerning the resolution. Despite those issues, Paying For It passed a few pleasant hours and the teaser instalment of Dury’s next outing, Gutted, did its job. less

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