The Night the Rich Men Burned: A Novel

The Night the Rich Men Burned: A Novel

<div><b>"Malcolm Mackay has created his own world." --<i>The Sunday Times</i> [UK]<br /><br />"A sharp-edged morality play delivered with the relentless intensity of machine gunfire."--<i>Library Journal</i></b><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Oliver Peterkinney and Alex Glass, two friends from Glasgow's desperate fringes, become involved in one of the city's darkest and most dangerous trades: debt collection. While one rises quickly through the ranks, the other falls prey to the industry's addictive lifestyle, accumulating steep debts of his own.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, the three most powerful rivals in the business--Marty Jones, ruthless pimp; Potty Cruickshank, member of the old guard; and Billy Patterson, brutal newcomer--vie for prominence. And now Peterkinney, young and darkly ambitious, is beginning to make himself known.</div><div><br /></div><div>Before long, violence will spill out onto the streets, as those at the top make deadly attempts to out-maneuver one another for a bigger share of the spoils. Peterkinney and Glass will find themselves at the very center of this war; as the pressure builds, each will find their actions--and inactions--coming back to haunt them. But it is those they love who will suffer most . . .</div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Night the Rich Men Burned</i> is a novel for our times, and Mackay's most ambitious work to date, proving that in Glasgow's criminal underworld, there's nothing so terrifying as money.</div>