#iain banks

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Muriel is holding The Crow Road by Iain Banks book which has been spotted several times in the promos 👀

From wiki: The novel describes Prentice McHoan's preoccupation with death, sex, his relationship with his father, unrequited love, sibling rivalry, a missing uncle, cars, alcohol and other intoxicants, and God, against the background of the Scottish landscape.

The novel combines menace (it contains an account of a "perfect murder") and dark humour (note the opening sentence: "It was the day my grandmother exploded.") with an interesting treatment of love. Banks uses multiple voices and points of view, jumping freely in both time and character. Even minor characters like Prentice's grandmother, the fictional town of Gallanach, and his family's home in Lochgair receive careful description, giving Prentice's life depth and context.

The book follows Prentice's journey of discovery about himself, those he loves, and the ways of the world.

"The Crow Road" is the name of a street in the west of Glasgow, but serves as well as a metaphor for death, as in "He's away the Crow Road". The appropriateness of this title becomes apparent as the novel progresses.

#good omens #gos2 #season 2 #muriel #quelin sepulveda #photos #promo photos #show promo photos #iain banks #the crow road #👀 #2ep6 #2i5i15

[ceevee5]

#uk politics #tories #iain banks #quotes

[aduckwithears]

I'm literally 8 pages into reading The Crow Road and so far a major theme seems to be the having of sex in an old classic car. Just saying.

#i'm so sorry #i have this information and now you do too. #oh The Omen is also referenced #did i mention i'm 8 pages in? #tbc? #yes i'm afraid this is a #good omens #post #the crow road #a duck reads #iain banks

[figcatlists]

“Literary” speculative fiction reading list

A list of recommended sci-fi and fantasy books with high-quality prose and serious or complex themes, including works by Le Guin, Wolfe, Delany, Miéville, and Banks. This selection is drawn from a much longer list of well-written and ambitious SF that I published on my website.

#book recs #book recommendations #book reccs #reading list #book list #speculative fiction #science fiction #fantasy #sci fi and fantasy #le guin #china mieville #iain banks #gene wolfe #samuel r. delany #literary #literature

[stvrmaker]

The Good Omens gods above have blessed me, I finally found The Crow Road in my local used books store. Been looking for months but since it’s out of print it’s been a real treasure hunt.

Honorable mention to the used copy of Crush by Richard Siken that also came home with me today ✌🏻

#good omens #david tennant #michael sheen #the crow road #iain banks #good omens book club #good omens reading list #good omens meta #good omens 2 #books #book store #used books #richard siken

[ticktockheartstop]

I’ve almost finished The Crow Road, and the way Prentice reads his uncle’s journals and notes over and over has me hoping that Crowley finds Aziraphale’s diaries and cries over Aziraphale’s fond accounts of their adventures.

#good omens #david tennant #neil gaiman #crowley #aziracrow #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #good omens 3 #good omens 3 speculation #gos3 #go season 3 #gomens 3 #gomens #good omens season 3 #a z fell #the crow road #iain banks #prentice mchoan

[swirlingthings]

GOOD OMENS BOOK CLUB!

OCTOBER - The Crow Road, Iain Banks

to kick off #GoodOmensBookClub, we’re reading crow road!! read the book this month and share your thoughts with the tag as you go through! we’ll be talking general stuff about the book and also linking it to gomens! 💗

#good omens #good omens 2 #aziraphale #crowley #neil gaiman #good omens book club #the crow road #iain banks #Muriel #good omens 3

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#the wasp factory #iain banks #horror #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

[searching4sarahtonin]

if any of you have stopped going feral over GOS2, just read The Crow Road by Iain Banks

Read it even if you're still going feral. . . Or if by some miracle you never got sucked into the brainrot.

Just Read It.

It's so fucking good!

#trust me #If Neil Gaiman recommends a book you have to read it. It's the law #good omens 2 #good omens #ineffable communication skills #neil gaiman #good omens meta #good omens brainrot #good omens therapy #the crow road #iain banks

[theseworldsareyours]

Early Culture Star Cruise Ship by James Fletcher

#James Fletcher #The Culture #Iain Banks #starliner #spaceship #spaceliner

[stainlesssteellocust]

You were gone too soon Iain, RIP

#iain banks #books #drugs #writing #politics

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

(it's The Crow Road by Iain Banks, it's no longer published in czech but I found a second hand one, wahoo! :D❤)

#good omens #gos2 #season 2 #good omens memes #jokes #but not really :D #iain banks #the crow road

[bookfirstlinetourney]

Round 1

If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. This is because not very many happy things happened in the lives of the three Baudelaire youngsters.

-The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket

It was the day my grandmother exploded.

-The Crow Road, Iain Banks

You are, of course, an unmitigated asshole.

-Purple and Black, K.J. Parker

#polls #tournament poll #round 1 #books #reading #the bad beginning #lemony snicket #the crow road #iain banks #purple and black #kj parker

[greekmythcomix]

I hadn’t read The Crow Road since I was a teenager, but I picked it back up recently, for obvious obsessive fan reasons.

Aside from it being a book about someone reading someone’s diaries to find out what happened to them, it’s also a book about family disharmony, self-discovery, unrequited love, and questioning the nature of god and religion.

Damn.

#Crowley definitely read this one #oh muriel #good omens #good omens 2 #crow road #iain banks

[andsomemaniacgotridofthewheel]

Glad to see I'm not the only insane one here 😂🤣

#good omens season 2 #good omens #iain banks #the crow road #the crow road by iain banks #books #a. z. fell bookseller #nikku's posts #good omens 2 #nikku reads #goodreads

[thebooksareeverywhere]

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#books #bookworm #reading #book blog #book #book review #nature #bibliophile #read #ya #London #foyles #travel #England #visit England #visit uk #visit london #reader #the wasp factory #Iain banks #in the shallows #Tanya Byrne #sea #beach #seaside