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White Rage

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White Rage is the 3rd book in a series about the adventures of Glasgow cop Lou Perlman, a Jew who rebelliously chooses an area of Glasgow called Egypt in which to live - despite the protestations of the Perlman clan, who prefer the smarter enclaves of the city's southside. Perlman is one of a kind - a flawed cop with heart, and a line in introspection that gives him character and texture way beyond the cardboard cops of most crime novels. Not strictly a procedural, White Rage is about the ugliness of racism, and how it is used for purposes beyond elemental hatred. A young East Indian is thrown from a balcony in the novel's stark opening - and from there the story leads the reader through an amazing tangle of plots and characters, all drawn with verve and color, and who speak like real people do - This is the main attraction of Perlman and his world, its gritty earthy reality - plus its characterization of Glasgow as a city of dark places. Armstrong has been overlooked in the US, which is our loss. His work is of the highest order, and his use of language is brilliant. This isn't candy for the head - this is a superb realization of character and a portrayal of evil. Read it, if you can find it.