The crow road
Ratings21
Average rating4.3
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Ratings21
Average rating4.3
From its bravura opening onwards, THE CROW ROAD is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel. 'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.' Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances...
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Reading this again after twenty-three years was like catching up with an auld pal, which made this a very appropriate book to end 2021 with since I did a lot of that this year. Iain Banks mixes literary fiction with dry Scottish humour in such a unique way, and this is him at his hilarious, bawdy, wicked best. Endlessly quotable, but “...when I started to understand the lyrics of a Cocteau Twins song, I knew I was wrecked” made me guffaw, and you cannae beat the genius threat of “last one there's a Tory!”.
I love how this book is constructed, it's like a Scottish version of a John Irving novel. Definitely coming back for more Ian Banks books in 2018!
