“Just because you disagreed with the Poll Tax and detested Margaret Thatcher—" "Detest is a little inappropriate," Parlabane said. "Maybe closer to say I spent the entire Eighties wishing I was pissing on her rotting corpse.” — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
3 people get stranded on a remote Island A Banker, a Daily Mail reader & an Asylum seeker All they have to eat is… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
“He spent a very uncomfortable few moments trying to remember his prepared position for explaining to God that he had nonetheless been right not… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
“... when they hear hooves they look for zebras instead of horses” — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
Truth was, if you were going to believe something, it was best to believe in stuff that made the world seem a more interesting… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
“He checks the horns. They're small: not truncated like Hellboy's, but wee, budding, trainer-bra efforts. Definitely not the thing that killed Dazza. In demon… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
“You're with Rapier squad. Mopping-up detail, under Sergeant Gortoss." He gestured along the corridor in the opposite direction from where Ross had just come.… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
“Parlabane found the word 'pro-active' enormously useful, as it immediately exposed the speaker as an irredeemable arsehole, whatever previous impression might have been given.… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
“It’s that ambient dance pish that Parlabane always hears at trendy gatherings but which no bastard would ever choose to listen to for their… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
“Well, are you not going to give the man a round of applause?" he asked. "I mean, that was fucking amazing, didn't you think?… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
“Is it colour?’ ‘Oh yes.’ ‘You don’t let me down.You are my ambassador to pr0n, man.” — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
My reaction to your news is delighted astonishment that Lanark has been judged more popular than a book by Ian Rankin, and only regret… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
