Stonemouth
The Sunday Times Bestseller
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Stonemouth
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Peter Kenny
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Peter Kenny
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Iain Banks
An estuary town north of Aberdeen, Stonemouth, with it's five mile beach, can be beautiful on a sunny day. On a bleak one it can seem to offer little more than seafog, gangsters, cheap drugs and a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides. And although there's supposed to be a temporary truce between Stewart and the town's biggest crime family, it's soon clear that only Stewart is taking this promise of peace seriously. Before long a quick drop into the cold grey Stoun begins to look like the soft option, and as he steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt and all that it has lost him, Stu uncovers ever darker stories, and his homecoming takes a more lethal turn than even he had anticipated.
Tough, funny, fast-paced and touching, Stonemouth cracks open adolescence, love, brotherhood and vengeance in a rite of passage novel like no other.©2012 Iain Banks
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Loved it
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In this case we have excellence in both areas.
Peter Kenny is a brilliant choice of reader and his range of Scottish accents provides the perfect backdrop for Iain Banks' story of misspent youth colliding with chaotic present.
The plot is both mystery and thriller. What did our hero do that means his choice to return to Stonemouth is so risky? What are the consequences of his actions now and over the past few years?
The story is well paced, absorbing and funny. Banks has a natural feel for the zeitgeist and evokes a sense of moment in the same way as writers such as Douglas Coupland. I'm not sure if this will age so well and one day readers may look upon books like this with nostalgic amusement but for now it feels very contemporary.
I have no qualms about thoroughly recommending this book, A top listen!.
A Slice of Life
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The fact that the story bubbles along with an undercurrent of potential menace is a device that works well for me but I can see that others might be longing for something dramatic to happen.
Things do happen of course but perhaps not at the pace that some would like.
I enjoyed it and Peter Kenny's reading made it even more enjoyable for me.
No fireworks but a slow burner
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Excellent
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And Stonemouth is no different in this respect. Banks readers have been spoilt for years with the power of his ability to entrance and displace his readers into whatever world he has created for them. Here, in a small coastal town near Aberdeen, we meet Stewart Gilmour, tentatively creeping back home after being chased away five years previously for reasons that will become apparent. The slow burn narrative of the main plotline is the bone that the rest of Banks' flourishes cling to. And what flourishes! Stonemouth comes alive, witty and funny, bristling and feisty like its weather and the wake of its coast, spewing characters that are wonderfully imperfect and immaculately rendered.
The story is simple, but it is in the detail that fans will revel. A paintball fight, a view of the Stoun over the suspension bridge, an innocent game of pool gone awry. All deftly handled by a man who continues to create reality from the unbelievable, painting polaroids in your head. By the end of the story, I was genuinely upset that my time in Stonemouth was over.
None of this would have been possible without the talents of narrator Peter Kenny. I was blissfully relieved, despite my previously mentioned fears, when this warm, smooth Scottish accent greeted me. His range, pace and urgency were all absolutely in keeping with Banks' superlative attention to detail. His timing and intonation were the perfect accompaniment for both the incredulous humour and the often brooding meance.
This may have been my first Audiobook, but thanks to Kenny, it won't be my last.
Revenge and Regret on the Scottish Coast
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