The Sopranos

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Summary: outstanding welsh-esque coming of age novel
Review: After "slogging" (not in sopranos speak) through the first few pages of this exceptional story and getting used to the near-undecipherable vernacular of the sopranos, I was dead-on hooked. I can only describe this novel as a scottish female version of the movie "Go" or perhaps a tarantino-esque irvine welsh story, but that wouldn't do justice to the interludes of truth, meaning, and compassion that exist between outrageous scenes of cheerily lewd behavior. At the end, I knew each girl very closely and cared about the plights of each one - and, as in all good books, immediately wanted a sequel. So, you know what this story's about, just go grab it ASAP and thank me later, you won't be dissappointed.

Rating:
Summary: A Great And Difficult Book
Review: I admit the accent kind of annoyed me at first. Then I got comfortable with it and settled into a story I could not put down. It's all the things the other reviewers say it is. Disgusting, funny, shocking, heartbreaking and and above all gorgeously observed. My scottish boyfriend turned me onto Warner in a debate about the existence of a "scottish sexuality". This book and Warner's 'The Man Who Walks" won his argument for him.

You'll either love it or you'll fling it across the room in disgust. Maybe a bit of both. Warner is magic.

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Summary: Girl power.... if there is such a thing!
Review: Not a book on opera, definitely! But a book on life, sex, questions,religion, booze and the depressing landscapes of Scotland. Definitely much different than Morvern Callar, but it stays with you just the same. The best scene has to be the one with the Yankee tourists in the toilets -not sth to show back home! All the girls are hilarious and real towards what they feel and experience - a nice change from all the misery of youngsters gone astray... An excellent handling of language and a poisonous sense of humour. An excellent read thegether (as the author himself might say....)