num_pages: 294
description: When Rilke, a dissolute and promiscuous auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who coveted them.What follows is a compulsive journey of discovery, decadence, and deviousness that leads Rilke into a dark underworld of transvestite clubs, seedy bars, and porn shops. In this hidden city haunted by a host of vividly drawn characters, Rilke comes face to face with the dark desires and illicit urges that lurk behind even the most respectable facades.
language: English
title: The Cutting Room
titlecomplete: The Cutting Room
characters: William Wilson, Rilke
genres: Thriller, LGBT, Crime, Scotland, Suspense, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 3946
places: Glasgow, Scotland, Berlin, Scotland
series: The Cutting Room
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Gumshoe Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Saltire Society Literary Award
category: Scottish First Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Corine Internationaler Buchpreis
category: Rolf Heyne Debütpreis
publisher: Canongate U.S.