{"product_id":"the-crow-road-9780349142838","title":"The Crow Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003e''One of the best opening lines of any novel'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''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.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrentice 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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Iain Banks:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The most imaginative novelist of his generation''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' \u003c\/b\u003eKen MacLeod,\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent''\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Gaiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An exceptional wordsmith''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e... it's got a beating heart, and you want to keep reading * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the best opening lines of any novel\u003c\/b\u003e... a warm, witty and ultimately very poignant book * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eMenacing, dark and very funny * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eBanks keeps death in its place, under the boot of wit which knows that the most significant romance can blossom whilst your youngest brother is up to the elbow in Sugar Smacks looking for the plastic toy * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes Banks a significant novelist is the love and effort that go into his works, and his acute sense of the ways in which people can suffer... \u003cb\u003ethis is Banks's finest novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiveting\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eexhilarating\u003c\/b\u003e... its pace, development, intensity and, above all, its hip and sexy humour never allow it to flag. Banks reinforces his credentials as one of the most able, energetic and stimulating writers in the UK * Time Out *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe tense horror of the book...is done with considerable imaginative subtlety\u003c\/b\u003e and a fine touch....This is as fine and ambitious a novel as any from a Scottish writer since the 1960s. \u003cb\u003eIt is also unquestionable Bank's best work to date\u003c\/b\u003e * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eBanks has woven \u003cb\u003ea warm and funny story\u003c\/b\u003e, rich with characters and adventures. \u003cb\u003eAn utterly enchanting piece of fiction\u003c\/b\u003e... it marks a return to his brilliant best * New Woman *\u003cbr\u003eTight with detail and closer observation and creates a strong sense of a particular period of growing up * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eMagnificent... a poignant, very funny study of life growing up in Bank's native Scotland. At times as wonderfully light and colourful as its setting the west coast of Scotland and as darkly comic as \u003ci\u003eThe Wasp Factory\u003c\/i\u003e * For Him *\u003cbr\u003eThis substantial novel indicates a restless author very firmly in the driver's seat, back on what appears to be a Scottish route with intriguing potential destinations * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003ePrentice is a most engaging narrator, \u003cb\u003eself-deprecating, funny and hopelessly self-deceiving\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733658415447,"sku":"9780349142838","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349142838.jpg?v=1720001072","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-crow-road-9780349142838","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}