Under Control by Mark Mcnay
WHO DO YOU TRUST? Charlie and her boyfriend Gary are struggling to keep their lives on track in an imperfect world. When the money runs out or the drugs don't work, love is not always enough. Help is at hand in the form of social worker and guardian angel Nigel, but as best intentions meet compulsive desires, the fates of these three very different people are transformed for good. Under Control is the thrilling new novel from the prize-winning author Mark McNay.
[McNay has] a strong sense of his creation's personalities. . McNay doesn't provide an obvious target for the reader's sympathies. Each member of the troika possesses a queasy combination of good intentions and selfish scheming . . . it's a story, simply observed and viscerally rendered. Norwich may never be the same again. -- Colin Waters * * Sunday Herald * *
Those who like Welsh's novels are likely to enjoy Under Control . . . McNay powerfully conveys the way in which the need to feed a drugs habit dominates the lives of addicts . . . as a picture of life on the margins of society it is compassionate and understanding. -- Allen Massie * * Scotsman * *
PRAISE FOR FRESH: Tough-minded and tender-hearted, but also drop-dead funny. * * The Times * *
Menacing, witty, with snappy no nonsense dialogue and an unambiguously shocking ending, McNay's debut is every bit as fresh as its title. * * Guardian * *
Brimming with life . . . Hugely entertaining. * * Scotsman * *
This energetic debut owes much to Welsh and Kelman but has vigour all its own . . . the setting is vivid and the vernacular dialogue sparkles with acerbic wit. * * Big Issue * *
Surprising and inventive and new. * * Andrew O’Hagan * *
Those who like Welsh's novels are likely to enjoy Under Control . . . McNay powerfully conveys the way in which the need to feed a drugs habit dominates the lives of addicts . . . as a picture of life on the margins of society it is compassionate and understanding. -- Allen Massie * * Scotsman * *
PRAISE FOR FRESH: Tough-minded and tender-hearted, but also drop-dead funny. * * The Times * *
Menacing, witty, with snappy no nonsense dialogue and an unambiguously shocking ending, McNay's debut is every bit as fresh as its title. * * Guardian * *
Brimming with life . . . Hugely entertaining. * * Scotsman * *
This energetic debut owes much to Welsh and Kelman but has vigour all its own . . . the setting is vivid and the vernacular dialogue sparkles with acerbic wit. * * Big Issue * *
Surprising and inventive and new. * * Andrew O’Hagan * *
Mark McNay was born in 1965 and brought up in a mining village in central Scotland. After a failed electrical engineering course and fifteen years doing odd jobs, Mark joined the UEA creative writing course in 1999. He graduated in 2003 with distinction. His first novel, Fresh, won the Arts Foundation New Fiction Award 2007 and the Saltire First Book of the Year Award. Mark currently lives in Wales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847670526 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847670520 |
| Title | Under Control |
| Author | Mark Mcnay |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2008-07-17 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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