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* Dysfunctional Scottish family, with impossibly large cast of characters, and a healthy dollop of eccentric old folk? Check.
* Some of whom are obscenely rich? Check
* Rich enough to live in a rem...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 08:38:27 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 06:57:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false true Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 08:56:04 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 09:16:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 21:23:18 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 21:56:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 12 04:32:01 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 04:34:21 -0700 2009
Sounds like a good, me...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Mar 23 08:57:52 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 08:57:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 05:09:20 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 10:22:29 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 12:59:16 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 13:07:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:05:28 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 03:14:48 -0700 2009
alban's political rants, esp. in the last half of the book, got v...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 15:04:52 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 15:10:35 -0700 2009 Complicity review, more recent Banks makes somewhat less use of abruptly violent denouements, though he still adds a slightly shocking twist to the end of this (which I guessed quite a bit in advance, I might add). I'd call this book as close to a romantic comedy as could be writt...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 13:15:45 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:30:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 11:37:28 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 02:08:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 14:28:58 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 14:31:56 -0700 2008 Iain Banks. But his last few books have been somewhat disappointing to me, and this one is no exception. And I have to ask, WHAT is Banks' obsession with incest all about? Argh. Anyway, this book is about Alban, a man who's been a renegade from his rich business family...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 23 00:56:23 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 17 23:35:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 15:29:31 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 15:33:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 15 10:48:32 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 10:48:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 14 09:49:50 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 20:07:18 -0800 2008 The Crow Road. Yup, I agree with all of you - smells like The Crow Road.
I read this quickly - couldn't wait to get back to it - and found it enj...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 09:17:26 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 09:17:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 09 04:10:56 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 03 10:51:55 -0800 2008 Fri May 09 04:10:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 09:58:12 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 10:09:53 -0700 2008
Like that one, this kept my interest enough, even though the progres...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=886104