if you fly with the crows

by Neal Sillars

This hard-hitting, hilarious novel is written in the first person by Rab Sinclair, a shelf-stacker who lives in Heroin Heights in Motherwell, Scotland. Rab, a fanatic of Celtic Football Club, has been stuck in a rut since he left school some eighteen years earlier. When he receives an email from Friends Reunited inviting him to a school reunion, he realises that he’ll have to make some quick changes if he is ever going to impress Caroline, an ex-girlfriend and classmate he has never quite got over.

Could Tam, a Rangers fan he meets in the local kebab shop, provide the key to Rab’s success?

As well as being a riveting adventure, 'If you fly with the crows...' explores the use of Scots in 21st century Scotland, laughs at religious bigotry and sexual prudence and demonstrates how Internet is taking over our lives.

Genres: Fiction

Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2010

Reviews

[Rebecca]

Fun and funny. With most dialogue written phonetically in west coast Scottish

[Adriana]

I stop reading it because it was getting annoying to keep up with the English used in dialogue. English is not my mother language and the book sure wasn't making my life easy.

[Darren Keighley]

Funny, witty, amusing, childish, cunning and altogether a fantastic read.

[Mark Symonds]

Funny well written life story. Great to see it written in Scottish tongue.