Stonemouth is a 2012 novel by scottish author iain banks. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Hello select your address best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons amazonbasics gift ideas new releases deals store coupons. The basis for a bbc series, stonemouth is a darkly witty, beguiling tale of warring clans, broken hearts, brotherhood, and the long, hard process of growing upif you can stay alive long enough to try the guardian. Hello select your address best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons amazonbasics gift ideas new releases deals store coupons amazonbasics. Stonemouth has some affinities with his best known work. The novel was published on 5 april 2012 by little, brown and company and follows a man returning to a small seaport town after leaving due to a sexual scandal. An estuary town north of aberdeen, stonemouth, with its five mile beach, can be beautiful on a sunny.
To my shame, ive largely not read very many of these though i would recommend the. With its five mile beach it can be beautiful on a summers day. In a career spanning twentynine years, he wrote an impressive twentynine books including the science fiction culture books as iain m. Written by iain banks, audiobook narrated by peter kenny. It will be the first tv adaptation of banks work since his death in 20. Iain banks, who died this month, was one of my favourite writers. The novel stonemouth does not open on the forth road bridge, but on. He came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, the wasp factory, in 1984. May 21, 2015 stonemouth by iain banks, 9780349141466, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Buy stonemouth by iain banks from waterstones today. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch joe murston, and even though the last time stu saw the murstons he was running for his life, staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up. Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillionyearold dying sun from a different universe. Stonemouth by iain banks, 9780349141466, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The fifth culture book from the awesome imagination of iain m.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stonemouth. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name iain banks and science fiction as iain m. Iain banks returns in april with his new novel a dark, fastpaced and brilliant thriller that deals with adolescence, read more related categories. However, as a massive iain m banks fan, stonemouth just comes across as bankslite, something i think that any good writer and imb is a great writer could knock off without raising too much sweat. Iain banks novel stonemouth to be dramatised by the bbc. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch joe murston, and even though the last time stu. My only sadness is that there will be no more iain banks books to. Stonemouth is nothing like the wasp factory, in fact is difficult to believe it was written by the same author. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name menzies. Stonemouth was the penultimate novel written by iain banks before he sadly passed away in 20. Read stonemouth a novel by iain banks available from rakuten kobo. The flower of scotlands more than a wee bit wilted from drink and recreational drugs in this violent, funny, comingofage explosion from veteran scottish novelist banks the crow road set in.
Appearances are deceptive in iain bankss homecoming novel. Those novels are universespanning space operas, taking place far in the future. Buy stonemouth by iain banks from amazons fiction books store. Aug 21, 2014 acclaimed author iain banks novel stonemouth is to be dramatised by bbc scotland and slate north for uk audiences.
Iain banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, the wasp factory, in 1984. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. A desperate young man becomes entangled with a scottish crime family in this brilliant, irresistible novel from the au. He has since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels which are published under the name iain m banks iain banks died in june 20. Dark family secrets, a longlost love affair and a multimillion pound gaming business lie at the heart of iain bankss fabulous new novel. A quick drop into the cold, gray stoun is starting to look like an option worth considering.
Iain banks at his very best his funniest, grittiest and most exciting novel yet. To begin with, while the location in the book was made up it came across as very real, as did the characters. However, as a massive iain m banks fan, stonemouth just comes across as banks lite, something i think that any good writer and imb is a great writer could knock off without raising too much sweat. Imagine that instead of seeing the story of michael corleone in italianamerican mafia society from his point of view, we heard the story from the vantage point of his nonmafiafamily girlfriendwife, and in a scottish setting, and swapped the gender of the two lead characters. Banks vivid imagination is always evident, not just in his scifi books, and this one carries you along with its action and its characters many of whom you feel you know. But on a bleak day, stonemouth seems to have nothing to offer but fog, cheap. Mar 11, 2015 stonemouth by iain banks, 9780349000206, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Especially if you fall in love with the daughter of one of the main gangster families. The wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called empire. Including science fiction he has published as iain m. So successful, the american spraint corp wants to buy the firm out.
He used this as his pen name for science fiction and goes by iain banks for some of his books. Iain banks has 26 books on goodreads with 294114 ratings. Distils bankss manifold talents into an entertaining confection. 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 by iain banks 2012 little, brown, 356pp i enjoyed stonemouth for many reasons. Banks books in order of publication and in chronological order. Iain banks author biography iain menzies banks was born in fife in 1954, and was educated at stirling university, where he studied english literature, philosophy and psychology. Dark family secrets, a longlost love affair and a multimillion pound gaming business lie at the heart of iain banks s fabulous new novel. David kane on adapting iain banks novel stonemouth. In addition, as someone who moved away from my hometown i could relate to stewart stu gilmores feelings about returning home. The irish times picked the book as one of their books to read in 2012. In 2008, the london times named banks as one of the fifty greatest writers since 1945. After the publication and success of the wasp factory 1984, banks began to write on a fulltime basis.
Stewart gilmours home is stonemouth, an estuary town north of aberdeen. This novel considers the question of how to return home after a long absence, particularly when your exfiancee is the eldest daughter of a local crime boss. Banks was born on february 16, 1954 in fife, scotland. Acclaimed author iain banks novel stonemouth is to be dramatised by bbc scotland and slate north for uk audiences. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read stonemouth. Stonemouth 2012 stewart gilmour returns three years after being chased out of his home town. Stonemouth iain banks stonemouth is an impregnable bastion of toughness, perched on sliteyed, windwhipped coastal aberdeenshire, breathing in haar. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of local patriarch joe murston, even though the last time stewart saw the murstons he was running for his life.
David tennant reads stonemouth for book at bedtime. Then i read his novels the crow road and the steep approach to garbadale, both of which take place in contemporary scotland. Stonemouth iain banks stonemouth is an impregnable bastion of toughness, perched on sliteyed, windwhipped coastal aberdeenshire, breathing in. Iain banks novel stonemouth to be dramatised by the bbc for. Indeed, it is not until threequarters of the way through the book that this love turns up. Stonemouth by iain banks overdrive rakuten overdrive. Nov 14, 20 the longawaited and stunning new novel from the unrivaled iain banks, author of the wasp factory. Jun 10, 20 iain banks, writer, born 16 february 1954. Iain banks, whose novels have been published in over thirty languages, is a scottish writer who writes both mainstream fiction and science fiction. Jan 03, 20 buy stonemouth by iain banks from amazons fiction books store.
After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of local patriarch joe murston, even though the last time stewart saw the murstons he was running. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. I became acquainted with iain banks through his science fiction stories of the culture. Contemporary, hilarious, grittyyes, this is genre fiction, and no, the genre doesnt get much better than this. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch joe murston. Stonemouth is kind of a reverse godfather the puzo book plot. Banks made his debut as a published author with the wasp factory in 1984. Since that time, he has split his time between his culture books the series started in 87 and standalone novels such as stonemouth. Spare and swift and and barrels toward a satisfyingly thrilling conclusion. Iain banks jake kerridge talks to iain banks about his new novel, stonemouth, and why the mistswathed forth road bridge inspires his writing. This was the fourth book of his that ive read, although i have a few more as i. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial.
Banks to differentiate between those and his more mainstream books. Stonemouth by iain banks stewart gilmour is back in stonemouth. Until then, gilmour treats us to reflections on growing up in. The longawaited and stunning new novel from the unrivaled iain banks, author of the wasp factory. Iain banks 16 february 1954 9 june 20 was a scottish author. After five years, in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch joe murston, and even though the last time stu saw the murstons he was running for his life, staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up. Banks had really sad to have to use the past tense here the ability to make his books almost more realistic than real life, chiming with the experiences of so many people. An estuary town north of aberdeen, stonemouth has a beach that can be beautiful on a sunny day. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. But there again it can be cold, foggy, inhospitable and dangerous. Jun 25, 20 a return to form for banks with similarities to the crow road. Stonemouth ebook by iain banks 9781453271506 rakuten kobo.
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