No More Heroes（ISBN=） 英文原版

‘Banks is part of the post-Rankin generation for whom hardboiled
is not just a state of mind but a reality.’ The Guardian’Ray Banks
is a superb writer who has a tight grip on his de*ivetoning
and who is making his dialogue snappier and moreblack-humoured with
every outing.’ –Shots

It’s the hottest summer on record in Manchester, England, and
down-at-heel private eye Cal Innes is struggling to keep cool. He
has taken a job evicting families on behalf of local slumlord
Donald Plummer, while the English National Socialists bring racial
tensions to the boiling point. A firebomb attack on a Plummer
property thrusts Innes into the spotlight as he rescues a child
from the burning building. But when Plummer hires him to track down
the arsonists, Innes finds himself dealing with more than neo-Nazis
and his rapidly worsening painkiller addiction. Time’s running out
and the temperature keeps rising. Manchester needs a hero and Cal
Innes is the closest it has. Discover why bestselling author Laura
Lippman declared that Ray Banks “raises the bar for hardboiled
fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.”

Ray Banks was born in Kirkcaldy and now lives in the middle of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He went to school. He wentto university for
two years before he dropped out, something he insists was an
achievement. After that, he spent his time as a double-glazing
salesman, croupier – he left after the casino was ramraided by
armed gunmen – and dole monkey. He thinks he’s a cult. He’s almost
right.