A review by ianbanks
Stonemouth by Iain Banks

5.0

Quite wonderful. A conventional "boy comes home" story with gangsters, a jilted bride, recreational substance abuse, architecture and structural engineering. Hint to future Masters candidates: make a tally of all the references to bridges, beaches, tides and the moon in the novels of the late Mr Banks and see what you can come up with. I'd do it myself but I'm lazy and always get distracted by the next paragraph. It's a little sloppy on the resolution and the tying up of loose ends (which is a problem with quite a few of Banks' books but it doesn't stop them being great) but a fab journey nonetheless.