the final part of rays lennox path towards some sort of peace is as brilliant as the previous two books 'crime' and 'the long knives.' in resolution we find ray working in security after quitting the police. he's relocated himself in brighton and replaced cocaine and booze with fitness and a proper relationship. all going swimmingly until his girlfriend suggests a foursome. ray's an amicable guy, happy to please the needs of his new love, he agrees enthusiastically until he comes face to face with a man who may have started his journey all those years ago in a tunnel in leith.

this is not really a resolution but a hideous look into the kind of corruption and cover ups that take place in the background of suburban life, business and friendships. it's a nasty story brutal and violent, it's also hilarious and laser focused on all the social issues of our time, but it's irvine welsh doing what he does best, watching a man breakdown and rise up. ray lennox is a great character, his pain is real, his foibles are everyman and in the conclusion to his story ray does find some resolution.