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Reviews
Compellingly, beautifully crafted... A fascinating read
As good as anything Banks has ever written, if not better
A novel that could easily replace The Crow Road as his career highlight
Chock-a-block with the author's inimitable quirky magic
Banks still has the ability to make the reader smile with pleasure
What Banks serves up is both unanticipated and terrifying. The fates of his characters are genuinely affecting
Banks begins his most consistent book since The Crow Road with slight-of-hand tricks displaying the master in rude form... These shifts in voice are so perfect, so clean and witty that when Alban comes to the fore, we feel he's one of us