PlotOverview

AbouttheAuthor

NovelNotes

QuiteUglyOne
Morning

Christopher
Brookmyre

Thenovelstartsoutwillthemailman
discoveringadeadbodyanddetectives

ChristopherBrookmyrewasborninScotlandon
September6,1968.Heisanovelist,particularly

tryingtocomeupwithconclusionsand

referredtoasaTartanNoirnovelistwhichbasically

connections.Then,JackParlabane,a

meansaScottishauthorthatwritescrimefiction.

nosyjournalist,wakesupwithterrible

Hisnovelsusuallyconsistofcomedyandsocial
commentswithastrongnarrative.

hangovertofindoutthatamurder
happenedlastnightintheflatbelow
him.Thecorpsebelongedtoarich
Edinburghdoctor.Heisdeterminedto
solvethemurder,puttinghimselfin

HistoricalContext

ThisnoveltakesplaceinScotlandandwas
publishedin1996.The90swereadecadewithlots

dangerousandhystericalsituations.

MelanieGatica

3/16/16

EssentialQuotes

ofgreatspyfilmsthatcouldveinspiredLaurieto
writehisnovel.FilmssuchasT
rueLies,Clearand
PresentDanger,PatriotGames
andsomeJames
bondfilmscouldhaveinspiredthisnovel.

Addtwoquotesthatcapturetheessenceofthe
novel.Besuretocitethequotationsproperly.

AddWorkCitedHere:
Brookmyre,Christopher.
Quite
UglyOneMorning
.NewYork:Grove,1996.Web.

CharacterAnalysis

Themes

JackParlabane
:Awitty,
hardpartying,rulebreakingjournalistwiththe
mindofSherlockHolmes.Hewillstopat

Sometimesyouhaveto
breaktherules
Parlabaneshowsus
thatsometimesbreakingsomerulesisntsobad.

nothingtogetsomeanswersandsolvea

Bythishealsoshowsusdeterminationbecausehe

crime.

willbendlawsofland(andmaybeevengravity)just

JennyDalziel
:adetective.She

tosolvethisonecase.

discoversParlabanesnoopingaroundthe
crimescene.Parlabanejoinsherandthe
deceaseddoctorsexwifetocrackthemurder.

SarahSlaughter
:Theexwifeofthe

wouldnthavedied,Jack
wouldvenevermetDalzielor
Sarahandhewouldvekept
beingtheusualjournalisthe
was.Ultimately,itiswhat

Love
Hefallsinlovewithoneofthecharacters broughthimandSarah
throughoutthestoryandmarriesherinanother
book.

exhusbandsmurder,JeremyPonsonby.She

decidedtotacklethecasefromherown
uniqueangleasananesthetist.Together

Crime
Obviouslycrimeisathemesincethisis

theyfindmanyreasonswhyhewould

adetectivestoryandthroughoutthewholebook

wanttobekilled.Forexample,his

theyretryingtosolveacrime

gamblingproblem.

PonsobysCorpse
Ifhe

deceaseddoctor.ShejoinsDalzieland
Parlabanetohelpsolvethecaseofher

MotifsandSymbols

togetherandthenfellinlove.