Weekend

The great McIlvanney themes - class, guilt, the power of the book, the difficulty of goodness - are all there, seething under the surface Stuart Kelly Daily Telegraph

* The great McIlvanney themes - class, guilt, the power of the book, the difficulty of goodness - are all there, seething under the surface -- Stuart Kelly Daily Telegraph * Remarkable ... everything in the novel is illuminated by the play of a subtle, sceptical and yet affirmative intelligence -- Allan Massie Scotland on Sunday * Wonderfully witty and wistful Daily Mail * William McIlvanney paints a world of harsh reality, but does so in language that is strangely beautiful and hauntingly poetic -- Craig Russell