The Crow Road

Iain Banks


This is a long book. Uncle Rory has disapppeared and it's a very, very long process of finding out that the book describes. Unfortunately, it becomes obvious what happened abouit half-way through the book.

Three families who regularly meet are at the centre of the book - one lower-, one middle- and one upper-class. This feels unlikely, it's a poor device and it's too stupid to take seriously.

There's a lot of sex in the book - all following the same pattern: an awful lot of alcohol then sex all night. This is, of course, very unlikely and, after a while, boring.

Not recommended by Gill: "If that's his best book, I'm not reading any more".
Gill 26/9/04


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