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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
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
One minute you’re reading a book about a family, or a young guy’s journey to find himself… you read about him falling in love, and sex scenes that you’ve never read before. But then there’s this murder mystery: his uncle disappeared, and he will occasionally talk about it.
Aug 8, 2023 · 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.
Jan 1, 2001 · The Crow Road is a a long novel, not easily classified - it is both a coming of age piece and also a sprawling family drama, concerned with several generations of several Scottish families. This works perfectly fine until the last quarter, where it changes gears and focuses on becoming a mystery.
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Sep 4, 2008 · 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...
