To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Throughout the novel, the dialogue is written in the Kilmarnock vernacular of his characters, but this is offset with Ross's own voice, which comes across clear and strong, his writing never overly descriptive, the pace moves along rapidly with short snapshot chapters giving a well developed feel to the many local gangsters and family members involved in this humorous yet touching tale of a family with hidden secrets, broken relationships and their struggle to find meaning in their life, set within the decade of mass unemployment and Thatcherite economic and social policy that ravaged working class towns up and down the country. Located on the top floor with views of the city campus, our suite is the perfect space for a lavish stay in Nottingham. Lovers of Scottish fiction - beware, there's a new kid on the block who can mix social realism with humour and place this all firmly within one of the most important political events of the last thirty years. As we once again find ourselves in a worsening jobs market and under a conservative govt, this was possibly the best book I could have read.

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The scope of the Three Hares trilogy is very broad, and it was important to the two of us that it wasn’t simply factual, but that the places and cultures we wrote about, especially each of our characters, were treated with respect.It's a rare treat to read fiction that takes place in a location you're entirely familiar with, and to know that Killie has cemented it's place in the literary world is gratifying.

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