Slow Horses is full of nicknames for groups and individuals. Analyze why Herron has chosen these specific nicknames and what effects they have.

Compare and contrast at least two members of the slow horses team. How does their relationship and narrative dynamic develop through the novel? What do you think this is intended to show?

The novel mostly shows Jackson Lamb through the perspectives of other people in the first half, transitioning more to his perspective later. Why do you think the novel withholds and reveals Lamb’s own perspective in this way? What does this achieve?