Three Craws
by James Yorkston
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Pub Date 7 Apr 2016 | Archive Date 29 Apr 2016
Description
A thwarted artist returns home to rural Scotland in this bittersweet slacker debut by an acclaimed, internationally-renowned singer-songwriter.
Johnny's return from London to stay with best friend Stevie is the final admission that his dreams of being a great artist are dead. In Victoria Bus Station he meets Mikey, a low-level dealer, who is from the same area. As Johnny tries to get his life back on track, living in a tiny cottage with Stevie, Mikey won't leave them alone, a constant presence destabilising everything around him.
As Johnny tries to hang on to the only job he can get, Mikey's actions threaten his livelihood and Stevie's sanity. In a blackly comic climax, events take a sinister turn. Can Johnny and Stevie survive the consequences or will they be dragged down by their unwanted 'friend'?
Three Craws is a beautifully evoked portrait of contemporary rural life for those dealt a meagre hand.
A Note From the Publisher
James Yorkston is an award winning singer-songwriter who has released over a dozen albums.
Advance Praise
'Three Craws is assured, funny, and tragic all at once. Brilliantly captures the quirks and paraxoes of small town Scottish life.' Doug Johnstone, author of Gone Again, The Jump, and The Dead Beat
'Atmospheric, absorbing and darkly funny. Every bit as skilful as his songwriting.' Lauren Laverne
'James Yorkston's facility for an insidiously absorbing yarn isn't restricted to his songwriting. On Three Craws, he uses it to masterful and often hilarious effect, detailing a world with which we are all (too) familiar: one which occupies the yawning chasm between the lives we desire and the lives we have to accept.' Pete Paphides
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| ISBN | 9781910449776 |
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Reviewer 137411
Brilliant humour, great writing. I was worried about the "written as spoken" parts but if you know how Scottish sounds, it is easy to get your head and inner voice around it (and then you read the rest in Scottish accent too.) I liked the atmosphere. It didn't need an extended description of the landscape to grasp the "bristling" view. The characters are unique and true to themselves and - as I like to believe - written with a lot of love for them and their quirks and habits. It speaks of a good amount of thorough "people watching" and that is something I really appreciate. Every good story lives through its characters alone. They are the pillars and when those pillars have a solid stand, the story will work and catch the reader's attention.
