Stonemouth by Iain Banks
Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presence is 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.
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 Stu steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt and all that it has lost him, uncovering ever darker stories. Soon his homecoming takes a more lethal turn than even he had anticipated.
Format: Paperback | 448 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.7 x 2.7 | 360g
Publication Date: 12 Feb 2013
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint: Abacus
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN10: 0349000204
ISBN13: 9780349000206
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including a very minor scuff marks on the bottom-right corner of the front cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.