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Original Title: Stonemouth
ISBN: 1408702509 (ISBN13: 9781408702505)
Edition Language: English
Characters: Stewart Gilmour
Setting: Stonemouth Kincardineshire, Scotland
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Stonemouth Hardcover | Pages: 357 pages
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Title:Stonemouth
Author:Iain Banks
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 357 pages
Published:April 5th 2012 by Little, Brown (first published 2012)
Categories:Fiction. Cultural. Scotland. Mystery. Contemporary. Crime

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iain (m.) banks writes supersmart sci-fi books that "you wouldn't understand, karen." but he also wrote this, which i am proud to say i completely understand, and i really enjoyed. it is a crime thriller, set in a small town in scotland, which is presided over by two competing, but not actively warring, gangster families who have made their fortunes and reputations getting their hands dirty. and not by doing any manual labor, yeah? although whacking people is, i suppose, technically "manual." stewart gilmour has returned to his hometown for a funeral for one of the family's patriarchs, after having been run out of town five years earlier in a "romeo and juliet gone bad" situation. he and his juliet didn't plan a suicide pact so much as "he cheated on her", and then had to escape to london when her thug-brothers came looking for him. he became successful in exile, but never really got over his past. so now he is back in town for the funeral of the man who also happens to be his ex-fiance's grandfather. will he see old friends? will people try to hurt him?? will he reconnect with his scorned love? will he reminisce and kick himself for his mistakes?? will the two families start to feel the tension when the prodigal returns home?? will there be supplementary mysteries to drive the plot? yes, all of these things. and it is very good. he does the smalltown thing so well, and his supporting characters are well-drawn and sweet and funny (or terrifying, depending on the character), and he manages to create a believable microcosm, complete with backstory childhood flashbacks and a shared history of loves and grievances. so many scenes came to life with a vibrancy that made me feel as though i were an observer rather than a reader, and the bantering and anecdotes were just spot-on. (the pop-tart story was probably the funniest one, with the most perfect delivery) the only problem i had was with the pop-culture references. they just seemed oddly misplaced in the world banks created, for some reason. it was the one instance where he didn't seem in control of his prose, and they jutted out at me. maybe it's because he has this reputation as being a brilliant, brilliant man, "you wouldn't understand them, karen," and when brilliant people talk down to us, it just feels off, but this might just be a personal gripe and others might not notice.* but - yes - a great thriller with great characters. and i didn't feel confused or dumb even once! at least, not because of the book - life is a different story. * i have since read other reviews of this book on the goodreads, and no - it is not just me!! phew. come to my blog!

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Stonemouth is my second Iain Banks novel. I read The Wasp Factory not long after his death and although I found it very well written I was really disturbed by all the animal cruelty in it. Stonemouth is nothing like The Wasp Factory, in fact is difficult to believe it was written by the same author.In Stonemouth, a young man is returning home to a town that is rife with corruption ruled by two crime family clans. He left home 5 years ago, escaped really, and now must return for the funeral of

I'd heard this was a return to form, but it feels more like Banks-by-numbers. Many of his annoying quirks are still intact: the adolescent worldview where every girl is a stunner and every guy is a witty Wilde-wannabe, the occasional rant on political issues, the scant plotting. I know they're what make Banks who he is, but I wish he'd tone some of them down from time to time. The biggest disappointment of all is the slow, obvious plotting - somewhere along the way he's lost the ability to

There were stretches of this novel where I wasn't sure where it was headed, or what its purpose was.But along the way, I became completely captivated by this crew of northern Scottish millennials and their struggles to come to terms with their lives.The protagonist is Stewart, a talented young man who now makes his living as an exterior lighting consultant based in London. But his rootless life is largely due to the fact that his plans had exploded a few years before, when he was set to marry

a good book, funny and touching, with a vein of danger and darknessit has all the banks staples - humour, irony, secrets, history and episodes of sickening violence. my kind of book. some fantastic characters, particularly ferg - an alcoholic omnisexual with a penchant for withering one linersperhaps a little sentimental for banks, makes it a 4.5 in lieu of a 5

I really like Iain M Banks (Iain Banks' sci-fi alter ego). I also love a lot of Iain Banks: The Wasp Factory, The Bridge and A Song of Stone especially.But I really am quite tired of Banks wordy, trendy, pharmaceutically-enlightened, politically-spot-on, smart-arse characters. As for the the plot... the return to town, and reunion with the lost love unfolds with an irritating inevitability. Attempts to build intrigue seem half-hearted. Moral dilemmas around drugs, sex, work, celebrity all come

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Its only when you read a master storyteller that you realise that most of what you have been recently reading has been very poor in comparison.Banks is back on familar ground. We have remote scottish towns, young love, a past drama, funerals - all the usual subjects are ticked. Told from Stewart Gilmours perspective. He is returning to Stonemouth after being driven out of town 5 years previously. His mistake was taking up with a crime families daughter and getting cauaght cheating on her in the