Quite Ugly One Morning opens with one of the funniest chapters I have read in years. My only mistake was reading it on the train and trying hard to stifle an embarrassing fit of the giggles. I have read two of Christopher Brookmyer's novels and they were fine reads, but this to me was simply pure dead brilliant and in a different class from the others (which I presume must have been written after this). Reminiscent of Ian Banks in its sprinkling of black humour. This is a fine read with solid down to earth characters a fine good-guys v bad-guys sleuth plot and a good dose of West of Scotland sarcasm and whit all thrown into the mix.A rerr terr and a five star jobby.