The Crow Road

by Iain Banks

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From its bravura opening onwards, THE CROW ROAD is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel. '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.' Prentice 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...
  • ISBN10 0349103232
  • ISBN13 9780349103235
  • Publish Date 22 April 1993 (first published 9 April 1992)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Out of Print 13 November 2013
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Imprint Abacus
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 512
  • Language English