
Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston, and even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life, staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up.
An estuary town north of Aberdeen, Stonemouth, with it's five mile beach, can be beautiful on a sunny day. On a bleak one it can seem to offer little more than seafog, gangsters, cheap drugs and a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides. And although there's supposed to be a temporary truce between Stewart and the town's biggest crime family, it's soon clear that only Stewart is taking this promise of peace seriously. Before long Stu steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt and all that it has lost him, uncovering ever darker stories. Soon his homecoming takes a more lethal turn than even he had anticipated.
Tough, funny, fast-paced and touching, Stonemouth cracks open adolescence, love, brotherhood and vengeance in a rite of passage novel like no other.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349141466
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 348 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 29 mm
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“Industrial grade gorillas.”
Beautifully paced writing - this book practically reads itself. Five years ago, after insulting the town's alpha family of industrial grade gorillas, Stewart had to get out of town fast. He believes he has been... More
“Good but not vintage Banks”
I am an Iain Banks fan and so was really excited when given the chance to preview his latest book, and didn't even read the information about the book before requesting it.
It turned out to be the story of a 26...
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“Tough and tender.....”
Iain Bank's hard hitting Scottish novels are of course bestsellers but I came to 'Stonemouth' having never read any of his previous gritty offerings.
However I was soon engaged with Stewart, returning...
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