To The Dogs by Louise Welsh

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I read this in a single sitting on the plane / train home from Gran Canaria – it held my attention, it is a “page turner”.

The return to the underbelly of life in Glasgow is one that Welsh clearly enjoys writing.

I found it a much more successful book that A Lovely Way to Burn but I never reached the level of investment in it I did with The Cutting Room or The Second Cut.

My suspension of disbelief hovered in the balance – that Jim Brennan had managed to escape his beginnings and become part of the establishment only to be dragged back is clearly an interesting narrative device but something just didn’t quiet slot into place for me.