Douglas Lindsay
Douglas Lindsay (* 1964 in Lanarkshire ) is a Scottish crime writer.
His detective novels about the life of the hairdresser Barney Thomson, whose basics he worked on during a long stay in Senegal , are characterized by black humor.
In addition to the Thomson series, Lindsay has published various short stories and, in 2008, Lost in Juarez, a satirical conspiracy theory about a growing police state .
Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked for the UK Ministry of Defense in Glasgow and Brussels . Lindsay is married and has two children, he lived in Poland for a while, but has returned to southern England.
Barney Thomson novels
- Fear and Terror in the Barbershop , 2000 ( The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson , 1999)
- Wash, Cut, Flip , 2001 ( The Cutting Edge of Barney Thomson , 2000)
- Interview with a Barber , 2003, ( A Prayer for Barney Thomson , 2001)
- For a handful of curlers , 2003 ( The King was in His Counting House , 2003)
- The Lord of the Blade , 2004 ( The Final Cut , 2009)
- The Twelve Shorn , 2005 ( The Last Fish Supper , 2006)
- The Haunting of Barney Thomson , 2007
- The Final Cut , 2009
more books
- Lost in Juarez , 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Douglas Lindsay on barney-thomson.com
- ↑ Douglas Lindsay on booklore.co.uk
- ^ First published in German, see article from September 6, 2008 on barney-thomson.com
Web links
- Literature by and about Douglas Lindsay in the catalog of the German National Library
- Douglas Lindsay Homepage
- Reviews of Lindsay's books on booklore.co.uk
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindsay, Douglas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lanarkshire |