CRIME

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by Irvine Welsh (2008)

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Ray Lennox is an Edinburgh cop who is deeply driven to assist the weak and vulnerable. For Lennox, this means protecting kids from adult bullies who assume the form of the molester, rapist, and child killer. What follows is an unflinching examination of a child trafficking ring and the predators that operate within it. Alongside this, it is an unvarnished account of the cop culture that prefers short term results and simple solutions. In the process, Lennox comes to understand that pure evil is not simply the opposite of goodness, but is rather, the result that occurs when goodness remains absent. As Lennox races to understand precisely what and who he is up against, the predators are closing in. How can he protect a ten-year-old girl from these evil bastards? A book that very probably has more to say about hope, that precious human substance, than many others of recent vintage. Only brave people can complete reading this book. A morally courageous tour-de-force. Fiction. 341 pages.

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DETAILS:

Title: Crime

Year: 2008

Author: Irvine Welsh

Pages: 341

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Book review by Keith Salter