The Curse of Barney Thomson Other Stories edition by Douglas Lindsay Literature Fiction eBooks

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The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson, the first book in Douglas Lindsay’s legendary barbershop death junky series, appeared in February 1999. Since then there have been six further novels and three novellas. The seven novels are available in the omnibus, THE BARBERSHOP SEVEN.
This short volume, THE CURSE OF BARNEY THOMSON, is a curate’s egg of short stories and random barbershop scenes that ultimately found themselves on the cutting room floor. They all date from Barney’s time in Millport on the island of Cumbrae, although beyond that they are presented in no particular order. Except, that is, for the longest and final story in the collection, The Adventure Of The Marble Tibetan Head, written in January 2014, and therefore the most up-to-date of all Barney Thomson tales.

Contains 5 short stories

Pinhead
The Curse of Barney Thomson
Tommy
The Ballad of Rusty Brown
The Adventure of the Marble Tibetan Head

EXCERPT

The heavy mood had somehow infected the shop. A few newspapers were strewn around, but no one was very interested in them. Barney regularly bought a couple of morning papers for customers to read, more often on the days when he hoped they would immerse themselves in the day’s news and gossip rather than engage in conversation. The more papers, the greater the choice, the less likely it was that he’d have to talk to people he didn’t know or people he’d come to know but with whom he did not really feel like engaging.
He had purchased five newspapers that morning, such was his mood, such was his desire not to be spoken to.
It wasn’t working.
Ex-Man U Star Ate My Testicles! screamed the Sun; Diana’s Ghost Tells Charles He’s A Dick claimed the Express; Most Foreigners Not Even British said the Mail; The Guardian led with It Turns Out Spying Is In GCHQ’s Job Description, Guardian To Apologise; the Scotsman had gone for First Minister To Push For Derby In New Spring Offensive...