Graeme Macrae Burnet – A Case of Matricide
WithGraeme Macrae Burnet
In conversation withCatherine Simpson
On:15th October 2024, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Attendance options:
It's a pleasure to be welcoming double Booker-listed Graeme Macrae Burnet back to the bookshop for an event to celebrate his latest novel, A Case of Matricide. The concluding part of Macrae Burnet's trilogy of Gorski novels is clever, original, moving and guaranteed to intrigue.
This event will take place in the bookshop with an in-person audience.
In-person vouchers can be redeemed on the night of the event against a single copy of A Case of Matricide – we will have a list of attendees with vouchers to be redeemed. Please note that only one voucher can be redeemed per book.
Please note that A Case of Matricide will be published on 3rd October. If you have signed up for a Book & In-Person option and would like to receive your copy ahead of the event on Tuesday 15th October, please get in touch via our contact form and we'll be happy to help.
About A Case of Matricide:
Chief Inspector Gorski returns…
In the unremarkable French town of Saint-Louis, a mysterious stranger stalks the streets; an elderly woman believes her son is planning to do away with her; a prominent manufacturer drops dead. Between visits to the town’s hostelries, Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders the connections, if any, between these events, while all the time grappling with his own domestic and existential demons.
Graeme Macrae Burnet once again pierces the respectable bourgeois façade of small-town life in this, the concluding part of his trilogy of Gorski novels. He injects a wry humour into the tiniest of details and delves into the darkest recesses of his characters’ minds, but above all provides an entertaining, profound and moving read.
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Participants:
Graeme Macrae Burnet Author
Graeme Macrae Burnet is one of the UK’s brightest literary talents. His second novel, His Bloody Project, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2016, won the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award 2016, and was shortlisted for the LA Times Book Awards 2017. It has been published around the world and achieved bestseller status in many countries. His fourth novel, Case Study, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 and was included in the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022. The two previous novels in Graeme’s Gorski trilogy have also received widespread critical praise and have become cult-like classics in several countries for their multilayered references and metafictional elements. A Case of Matricide is his fifth novel and completes the set. Graeme lives and works in Glasgow.
Catherine Simpson Chair
Catherine Simpson is a novelist, journalist, poet and short story writer based in Edinburgh. Her memoir When I Had a Little Sister was published by 4th Estate in February 2019 to great acclaim, and her debut novel Truestory was published in 2015. In 2013 she received a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. Her work has been published in various anthologies and magazines, published online and broadcast on BBC Radio. Born on a Lancashire dairy farm, she is now based in Edinburgh. One Body, Simpson’s latest book, was published in 2022.
The venue
The Portobello Bookshop
46 Portobello High Street
Edinburgh
EH15 1DA
Telephone: 0131 629 6756
Website: www.theportobellobookshop.com
Wheelchair Access
We have a ramp at the front of the shop which has a ratio of 1:10 and loading capacity of 300kg, and so should be able to be used by most wheelchair users or those with mobility vehicles. The front doors are fully automated. Our shop interior is designed to allow access throughout for wheelchair users and prams, though please note there is only 700mm wide clearance to access the staff toilet.
Sound
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