Espedair Street - Iain Banks Reviews
Description:ISBN 0316858552 / Author: Iain Banks / Genre: Fiction / Daniel Weir was a famous - not to say infamous - rock star. Maybe he still is. At 31 he has been both a brilliant failure and a dull success. He's made a lot of mistakes that have paid off and a lot of smart moves he'll ... more
Espedair Street - Iain Banks ... regret for ever. The author's previous novels include The Wasp Factory.Newest Review: ... industry, where the similtaneous uphill and downhill bents form. Weir is becoming a star (albeit one as partly desirably ... more
... malformed as Marilyn Manson) as he bargained for, maybe? Weir ends up also as bassist for the band (complete with an image that makes man
y glam bands look businessman serious!), and ends up facing dilemmas. Such as succeeding through mistakes, and failing through successes. There are a charming bunch of characters such as Christine the singer who's a kind of Debbie Harry type, and (the deservedly) 'Crazy Davey' Balfour, the wa...more
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Customer Espedair Street - Iain Banks Reviews (2)
by - written on 23/08/01, updated on 23/08/01 (Very useful, 176 readings)
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'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
Tonight, I'm a rock and roll star! (1323 words)by - written on 20/08/01, updated on 20/08/01 (Very useful, 176 readings)
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“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
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