Killing Mum

De: Allan Guthrie

Narrado por: Joe Dunlop

Using a tanning salon as a front, Edinburgh-based Carlos Morales arranges contract killings. But his hit man's in jail and won't be out for a while. So when an anonymous payment arrives, Carlos decides to take the job on himself. But once the 'mark' is revealed, Carlos re-thinks his plan. This is no longer business - it's personal - because the 'mark' is his mother.

©2009 Allan Guthrie (P)2010 WF Howes Ltd

cognitive disconnect is hard to write

What did you like best about Killing Mum? What did you like least?

the narrator was experiencing a breakdown - the reader is similarly confused -I think the unreliable narrator would have worked better if the story had been told backwards or in flashback. going at it in strict chronology left the listener is as confused as the narrator

Would you be willing to try another book from Allan Guthrie? Why or why not?

at the end the author did leave me wanting more. I would like to try a longer book in which he had more time to explore the themes - I would like to see if Allan Guthrie could actually carry this off. don't know if I'd blow a credit - maybe if it was on sale.

What does Joe Dunlop bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He was OK. I think a narrator that really sunk into the chavish banter and dialect of lower class Edinburgh would have brought the story to life better and made it more fun.

Could you see Killing Mum being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

could see this as a movie with real Scottish actors young and hungry some unknowns with a flair for comedy