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Banks, Iain : The Crow Road

Scribners, England, 1992

ISBN 9780356206523

Excellent copy in an unclipped jacket. Over 1.2 kilos packed. Extra postage will be required to most destinations. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover. Jacket: Very Good

1st Edition

BANKS**, IAIN: : THE CROW ROAD

LONDON.SCRIBNERS,1992.

ISBN 0356206521.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE+/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated b/w illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny,closed tear/nick to rear,top corner of dw/dj.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,some light superficial indents/impressions to upper panel and slightly more noticeable scoring and slightly heavier impressions/indents to rear panel of dw/dj - in either case,without affecting the boards beneath.Top edges coloured dark grey,fore-edges slightly,lightly and partially thumbed/grubbed; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain grey cloth boards with black cloth blind spine with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt decoration (detail from dw/dj design to head of spine) and bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered title+ publisher to spine/backstrip and immaculate grey publisher's repetitive-name (Scribners) decorated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 501pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,b/w illustrated chapter separator pages and 4pp blanks at rear. Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. 'The Crow Road' begins with one of the most memorable paragraphs in modern literature: "It was the day my grandmother exploded.I sat in the crematorium listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony with Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I relfected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach." This is the voice of Prentice McHoan,the middle son of an affluent Scottish family whose narrative forms the greater part of the book, while the rest is told in the third person,a kind of saga of the McHoan,Watt,and Urvill families.Away at university,Prentice finds himself returning to his family home (or rather, after a falling out with his father over religious belief,to the home of his Uncle Hamish). Another uncle,Rory,hasn't been seen in eight years.As the mystery of Uncle Rory's fate takes greater and greater hold on the text,Prentice takes on the role of fallible detective,charged with making sense of all that happened to the generations before him and piecing together fragments to form a single truth. 'The Crow Road' is a novel about death: desire in relation to death,the body in life and death, and the exhuming of buried secrets.By the end of the book,despite the concentration on a bleak and stark Scottish landscape,the real map is created within Prentice's mind,as he reaches inside himself to discover the lost truths of a generation and the fragility of memory. [EF.] Iain Banks' new novel describes recurrent rites of passage in a complex but enduring Scottish family.His central character's preoccupations with death,sex,drink,God,illegal substances and the motor car are lovingly embedded in his rich descriptions of the Scottish landscape: with 'The Crow Road',his finest novel yet,the author has come home. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the less expensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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