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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated The Busconductor Hines in Books

Jul 2, 2019  
The Busconductor Hines
The Busconductor Hines
James Kelman | 1992 | Fiction & Poetry
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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Fairly good read
As realism goes, this book is spot on. Kelman's portrayal of Glasgow in the 1980's is accurate. The book is written in 5 chapters, each detailing the unsatisfactory life of Hines who is caught up in a job he feels desperately unhappy in, a struggling marriage and early signs of depression. Whilst Kelman's use of realism sucks the reader into 'place' the novel itself is frustrating in the sense that their is no real plot and nothing really exciting happens. I struggled to finish the book and was disappointed at the end. I can however, commend the author on his realist technique.
  
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Darren Hayman recommended Trackless Woods by Iris Dement in Music (curated)

 
Trackless Woods by Iris Dement
Trackless Woods by Iris Dement
2015 | Country
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"A few months ago, I got a train to Glasgow to see my beloved Iris Dement. I got a sleeper train back the same night. It was the most fun I've ever had on my own. I’m surprised to be choosing something so late in her career, but this is extraordinary work. She has taken the words of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova and set them to music, partly in response to her adopting a Russian child. I find it redundant to reduce an artist to ‘a voice’ and Iris is so much more that, but the sound she makes provokes such an immediate physical effect in me. She makes me cry so often."

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Ross (3282 KP) rated Bottleneck in Books

Jul 16, 2018  
Bottleneck
Bottleneck
Ed James | 2015 | Crime
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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Excellent pacing to the next Cullen adventure. A body is discovered in the hidden streets underneath Edinburgh's old town and the ensuing investigation leads them to investigate members of the Scottish music scene and venture North to Cullen's hometown of Dalhousie (loosely based on my own hometown of Carnoustie), and West to Glasgow.
The story also continues the ups and downs of Cullen's relationship with Sharon McNeill and his career aspirations, building on the previous books in the series.
This is quite a short and very pacey book that is a genuine page-turner (as the chapters are quite short it's always "one more chapter", until the cleaner gets angry at me spending too long on the toilet at work).