by Louise Welsh
Louise Welsh knows how to intrigue her readers and, like any good mystery writer, gives them enough twists and turns to keep them interested to the last page. But instead of using a professional (like investigator or detective) to get to the bottom of this story, she puts the research in the hands o...
Many writers conflate creating a likeable protagonist with creating an interesting one. In Naming the Bones, Louise Welsh provides an excellent example of a character who is not the former, but is definitely the latter. I would not be interested in having Murray Watson for a friend, but I certainly ...
Murray Watson lives a reasonably quiet life in university libraries as a literary researcher. He is trying to put together a biography about Archie Lunan, a favorite poet who committed suicide in the waters off the island of Lismore. Murray travels to Lismore to speak to Archie’s lover. The deepe...
Goodness me a real slog to get through, although well written, not very nice or believable characters and sooooooo slow..... I dont think I will be reading another
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