Espedair Street - Iain Banks

'Espedair Street' is the second book by Banks that I've read, and upon recommendation by dooyoo's jillmurphy, and co-incidentally read somewhat at the same time as hugon, who's posted a more than adequate review of the book recently, so damn! What can I write that can atleast serve as some sort of accompaniment? Well, I'll see as I type. At 250 pages divided into 15 chapters, Espedair Street isn't a particularly long book, but the length I found was precisely adequate; everything was condensed and accurate and non-bloaty. Not too little, none to much. Daniel 'Weird (and other aliases)' Weir is a 31yr old somewhat has ...  Read the complete review

“Two days ago I decided to kill myself. Last night I changed my mind and decided to stay alive. Everything that follows is just to try and explain” They say never judge a book by its cover, but that’s exactly what I did with this one. Regular readers will know that a) I’ve started to become quite a fan of Iain Banks’ work and b) I like to get my books from the second hand bookshop because I’m tight. Well, looking round my wee bookshop, I happened to come across this one, I hadn’t seen it before and it had a guitar on the cover, which immediately grabbed my attention. Looking on the back and seeing that paragraph on the ...  Read the complete review