{"product_id":"9780349139159","title":"The Crow Road : 'One of the best opening lines of any novel' Guardian","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Banks, Iain \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/02\/2013,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 512 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780349139159,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom its bravura opening onwards, THE CROW ROAD is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel.  'It was the day my grandmother exploded.  I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.'  Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family.  Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697817649196,"sku":"9780349139159","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780349139159.jpg?v=1722603753","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780349139159","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}