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The Crow Road
The Crow Road
Author: Iain Banks
"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." — So begins Iain Banks? The Crow Road, the tale of Prentice McHoan and his complex but enduring Scott...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781596923072
ISBN-10: 1596923075
Publication Date: 9/1/2008
Pages: 500
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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The Scottish landscape serves as the backdrop for this family saga on the list of 1001 books you must read before you die. Partly narrated in the first person by Prentice McHoan, the college-aged middle son of a relatively well off Scottish family, there are several mysteries unfolding over third-person flashbacks involving several generations. A book that famously starts off with an exploding grandmother has a lot to live up to, but if the reader can navigate through the various timeframes, there are many rewards in the form of interesting characters and their ideas and engaging with the big and small questions about life and death. I enjoyed this one a lot.

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