false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1231341656m/2622741.jpg 12021 9 950451 book 1992 The Crow Road total:1021|5:334|4:422|3:214|2:39|1:12| 1021 4090 1539 89 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 5 8 false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 15 19:06:23 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 04:57:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 5 1 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jul 24 09:14:42 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 08:42:30 -0700 2007 The Crow Road. My only question is, why didn't I hear of him and read his work sooner? He's brilliant. It's like Graham Swift and Irvine Welsh met to write a novel, and Swift's insight tempered Welsh's mania, but Welsh's hipness updated Swift's subje...more...]]> 2622741 1596923075 9781596923072 18 6 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1231341656m/2622741.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2622741.The_Crow_Road 3 1 false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 19:41:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 21:42:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 5 0 false Sun Jul 19 03:46:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:23:22 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 03:46:31 -0700 2009 It was the day my grandmother exploded.

Now that has to be my favourite opening sentence of any book, ever. It introduces a sprawling saga of three generations of a Scottish family, weaving snapshots and scenes from a history spanning fifty years or so, showing how secrets are concealed a...more...]]> 2622741 1596923075 9781596923072 18 6 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1231341656m/2622741.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2622741.The_Crow_Road 1 1 false Thu Jul 30 08:39:49 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 12:19:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 4 1 false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 10:54:16 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 11:05:33 -0800 2008
has his usual staples, god, drugs, death, sex, cars, whisky, scotland, politics (of the left-leaning variety, there's some good thatcher jokes), pop culture (some good star wars references, mentions of the pixies (yay!) and was it just...more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 3 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 05 13:41:38 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:42:00 -0700 2009
The book centres on the happennings and history of the McHoan family, in rural scotland, from the...more...]]> 2622741 1596923075 9781596923072 18 6 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1231341656m/2622741.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2622741.The_Crow_Road 4 0 false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 13 11:44:42 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 18:12:33 -0800 2009 Iain Banks' novels to get in to (Whit and Dead Air are probably better starting places for his work), but worth it.

The "Crow Road" is both a physical place (a road in Glasgow) and a state of being, namely, dead (apparently there is an old Scots saying, "...more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 4 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 06 15:22:10 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:30:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Sat Apr 04 07:43:24 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 07:49:57 -0700 2009 Once more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 5 0 false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 20:24:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 20:04:11 -0700 2009
Banks really knows how to create a believable set of characters. It moves backwards and forwards in time, following the lives of the McHoan family and friend...more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 5 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 09 13:28:46 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 13:33:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 3 0 true Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 12:36:42 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 11:10:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2622741 1596923075 9781596923072 18 6 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1231341656m/2622741.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2622741.The_Crow_Road 4 0 false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 06 16:10:15 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 07 21:06:33 -0800 2009 1 The Cro...more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 5 0 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Aug 30 14:31:18 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 14:31:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 4 0 false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Thu May 17 03:28:08 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 03:37:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 4 0 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 08:02:25 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 08:06:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 4 0 false Wed Oct 14 12:41:53 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 12:43:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 5 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 13:49:44 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 13:51:52 -0700 2009
I felt a pang of loss when this book was finished because I had grown so attached to the world he creates...more...]]> 12021 0349103232 9780349103235 985 79 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490876m/12021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12021.The_Crow_Road 4 0 false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 07:43:07 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 07:50:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2622741