In reply to Dr.S at work:
> The best I think, alongside “the bridge”
I saw him at a couple of signings and he was asked about his best book. He said that he looked at then like Olympic diving. You can do a simple dive perfectly and only score a 9. Or do a complex dive and make a mistake and still score 9.
I thought this was really interesting and by this reckoning The Crow Road is the simpler dive scoring a 9. The Bridge is much more ambitious and has flaws but is still a 9.
From memory 'The Bridge' was the one he thought was the best.
Loved The Crow Road adaptation and will probably give it another go. A good first Iain Banks too if you've not read him.
David