Product Description

When Charlie Lack is found dead, he leaves behind three sons and a will leaving his property to the wife that walked out on him years ago, Violet. But a local Maltese mobster has a claim on the restaurant, and asks the McCarthy twins to eliminate Violet. Can the Lack brothers get to her in time?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1129038 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 542 pages

About the Author
Malcolm Mckay
Malcolm McKay has been a writer/director of many successful television films including the award-winning The Wanted Man Trilogy and Redemption. His version of Zola's La Bete Humaine was transmitted in 1996 by the BBC under the title Cruel Train. His adaptation of Mervyn Peak's Gormenghast was recently shown by the BBC. The Lack Brothers is his first novel.

Customer Reviews

A Fascinating Tale Well-Told
In The Lack Brothers, Malcolm McKay has created a fascinating world with a mysterious and intriguing plot, and memorable characters full of wit and wisdom, humor and humanity. The story is inventive, the dialogue and description poignant. It is laced with memorable and even poetic passages. Mr. McKay sheds light on a group of rather ordinary, if not downright undesirable characters, revealing the humanity that lies within each of them. Anyone who reads this page-turner will certainly come away from it with a subtle message of hope, and a great store of unforgettable images. It is well-written, exciting, and I heartily recommend it.

Strange evocation of '50s Soho
This is a very strange book - at first the "angels" annoyed me and I wasn't sure that author knew where he was going - but it works! A great (and in places very sad) story, but I read it over a year ago and it is still in my mind....

It's difficult to describe, but, if nothing else, it's a rattling good yarn! The characters are well drawn and the jokes are good ...

It's - how can I say it ? - SATISFYING.

PS My partner liked it too.( And he doesn't, often. Like the books, I mean.)