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Iain Banks' "The Crow Road" takes readers on a journey through the McHoan family's history, secrets, and the search for truth. With its engaging characters and intricate plot, the novel explores themes of family, love, betrayal, and coming-of-age.
This Bildungsroman is set in the fictional Argyll town of Gallanach, the real village of Lochgair, and in Glasgow, where the adult Prentice McHoan lives. Prentice's uncle Rory disappeared eight years previously while writing a book called The Crow Road.
- Iain Banks
- 1992
The Crow Road is a coming-of-age story as only Iain Banks could write — an arresting combination of dark humor, menace, and thought-provoking meditations on the nature of love, mortality, and identity.
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- Iain Banks
The Crow Road. by Iain Banks. This Bildungsroman is set in the fictional Argyll town of Gallanach (by its description, reminiscent of Oban but on the north east shore of Loch Crinan), the real village of Lochgair, and in Glasgow where the adult Prentice McHoan lives.
Aug 8, 2023 · The Crow Road: Unveiling Mysteries in a Scottish Tale. Introduction. Nestled within the rich tapestry of Scottish literature, “The Crow Road” emerges as a brilliant gem, skillfully cut to reflect the complexities of mystery, family dynamics, and existential pondering.
An elaborate mystery of family secrets, sex and death, The Crow Road (BBC, 1996) was a refreshingly modern adaptation at a time when British television was dominated by lavish period classics like Middlemarch (BBC, 1994) and Pride and Prejudice (BBC, 1996).
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Iain Banks’ The Crow Road, is pure enjoyment. This compelling and complicated novel starts with a bang (quite literally) as 20-something Prentice McHoan returns to his Scottish hometown to attend the funeral of his grandmother--who explodes at the crematory in the novel’s first line.
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