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The novel won several awards, including the Saltire Society First Book Award 2002, the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey Memorial Dagger Award 2002 and the BBC Underground Award 2003. [3] Adaptations [ edit ]Louise Welsh – A Lovely Way to Burn cover art and synopsis". Upcoming4.me. 22 October 2013. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. The Sunday Times described The Cutting Room as: "one of the most intriguing, assured and unputdownable debuts to come out of Scotland in recent years". [3] The List was particularly impressed by Welsh's portrayal of Glasgow: "...the city becomes a character in its own right; Gothic, dismal, decaying and frightening in equal measure". [4]

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Glasgow Women's Library | Celebrating Scotland's Women". womenslibrary.org.uk . Retrieved 30 March 2016. The scriptwriter at Hollywood's cuttind edge". The Herald. 22 February 2004 . Retrieved 14 August 2011. Never expect anything, son. They'll tell you they've got the crown bloody jewels in their attic and all you'll get's guff. But sometimes - not often mind, just now and again - you'll go to the pokiest wee hole, a council estate, high-rise even, and you'll find a treasure. So keep an open mind, try and filter out the nonsense merchants, sure, but never look at a map and think there'll be nothing there for us, because you can be surprised. I've been here thirty-five years and I'm still surprised at what we find and where we find it.'I handed her my card and let her look me up and down. I could almost hear her assessment: hair bad, tie, shirt, suit good, cowboy boots bad. Well, she had a point, but they were genuine snakeskin. From December 2010 to April 2012, she was the Writer in Residence for the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art. [1] My brother had a second office at the top of the house. He had the attic floored and worked up there when he wanted total peace. It's one of those pull-down-ladder arrangements, too much for me. I would be grateful if you would work on that yourself. I don't think there will be anything of interest to me, more fuel for the bonfire I suspect, but I would appreciate your discretion.' It was take it or leave and it's unbelievable stuff. Christ knows why they've called us in, but be glad they have. This could make us, and if we pull our finger out we can do it in a week. Look around you. What's in here right now?'