Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances.
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[It was the day my grandmother exploded](Abacus, 4 September 2008, first published 1992, 501 pages, ebook, #popsugarreadingchallenge 2019, a book about a family, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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I've not read a lot of Iain Banks. The Wasp Factory was a favourite when I was a teenager. I read a few of his science fiction books but wasn't impressed. If The Crow Road is anything to go by I have clearly missed out. An interesting side note, Crow Road is an actual road in Glasgow where I live, pretty close to my flat and I regularly pass along the road to go to the gym. I think stuff like that is pretty cool. I love books about dysfunctional families so I was bound to enjoy this book. Once I started to read the book I got sucked right in and found it hard to close the book. I thought it was great. The Crow Road is much darker than I was expecting as Prentice becomes consumed with solving his family's darkest secret. What really happened to Uncle Rory and his wife who vanished years ago? I was riveted by this book.
