The Crow Road

Iain Banks

Family, love, religion, career, death, and chance are all tackled in this engrossing novel where the characters, family relationships, and the highs and lows of life are brought alive in language and the structure of the novel itself. Banks weaves a lovely tale, moving around in time, changing the voice of the narrator, but never becoming confusing, or overwhelming. Incredibly readable, the novel's first line draws you in, wondering where on earth this story can be going: "It was the day my grandmother exploded."

A boisterous tale focusing on one man's search for himself, but intertwining his family's past, building the characters' histories, enchanting the reader with their lives, this book will draw you in and take you on a most satisfying journey.