Stonemouth, paperback/iain banks

Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth.

After 5 years in exile his presence is now 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.

Tough, funny, fast-paced and touching, this unmissable new novel cracks open adolescence, love, brotherhood and vengeance in a rite of passage story like no other.

One of his best }Evening Standard{.