The Devil's Carousel
Pocketbok. Minerva. 1997. 226 sidor.
Gott skick.
"He does for Glasgow what James Joyce did for Dublin". Daily Telegraph
Following his Whitebread award-winning Swing, Hammer Swing, Jeff Torrington invites you to visit the assembly lines at the Centaur Car Company. There you will meet Curly Brogan, who, for a hoax, fakes his own death with devastating consequences; Wormsley, the cuckolded nut-and-bolt man; and the Maritans from the top management, and watch what happens when the Devil turns up to claim his own.
"The Devil's arousel attests to a man who is cresting the apex of his powers… magical, a funfair ride on a comi-tragic spiral, a drop through darkness, festooned en route with the blazing carnival lights of defiant resilient wit, a cry of laughter at once sardonic, sweet and ambiguous... here is a writer with maximum staying power and talent." Scotland on Sunday.
"A hugely enjoyable rage against the machine of modern working. He uses comedy as a precision tool to create memorable anecdotes about the corrosive effect of Henry Ford's diabolical creation on the human soul." Sunday Times.