Download or read book The Mercy Boys written by John Burnside and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mercy Boys are four Dundee men who meet every day in their local pub and drink: first to find order, then oblivion. Each has his own ghosts, his dreams of escape. But when death comes to the Mercy Boys it comes suddenly and with staggering violence, and their dreams of leaving bleed into nightmares.