One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night: Difference between revisions

 

In this novel, Brookmyre takes his [[Author Appeal|fictitious revenge]] on the kind of British holiday resort which is designed to never confront the holidaymakers with the fact that they've left good, old Britannia.

The resort in question is a converted oil rig, to which its designer, Gavin Hutchison, invites all his old class mates before shipping the monstrosity off to some African coast, so that in the future wealthy Brits can enjoy a warmer climate without otherwise being exposed to anything ''foreign''.

 

 

What they're sadly unaware of is that a mysterious bunch of terrorists are also planning their very own kind of party on the rig.

And what ''the terrorists'', in turn, are unaware of is that [[Retired Badass|retired Police Inspector Hector McGregor]] is on to them.

 

* [[Badass]]: Having the formerly violent and criminal [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]] and reformed batting for your team can be an advantage, when people are trying to kill you.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: {{spoiler|Gavin}}

* [[Class Reunion]]: The entire premise of the book.

* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Their old English teacher.

* [[Dirty Coward]]: Gavin puts himself ahead of everyone else {{spoiler|which is why he betrays his group to the terrorists. The survivors leave him behind on the rig when they escape, having discovered that it is [[Incredibly Lame Pun|rigged to blow.]]}}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Several, but perhaps most notably {{spoiler|Jackson}}

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Protagonist Alastair McQuade loves action films and talks a lot about ''[[Die Hard]]''. Guess what type of story this one resembles.

 

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