![]() ![]() The problem with the book is that the rest of the characters just don’t feel real. More importantly though, he knows something you don’t, and there is real skill in Mick Herron’s writing because, despite all of the obvious triggers (which make you believe, that as the leader of the fools, he is nothing more than the most foolish of all), you immediately and throughout buy into the belief that Jackson Lamb is always two-steps ahead of you, and three-steps ahead of the plot. He’s obese, offensive, smelly, heavy smoking, and a border-line drunk. He’s just a really good character, the ultimate wolf in sheep’s clothing. ![]() ![]() You can read the blurb for this book elsewhere (in short: a hopeless band of misfits makes good, against the odds), but the only thing you really need to hear about is the leader of the Slough House cadre. Well, the answer to that is simple: Jackson Lamb. ![]()
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