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In 'This Road Is Red', Alison Irvine does for Glasgow what Irvine Welsh has done for Edinburgh - imagining a city through its fringes, fearlessly and without frills. In fact, 'This Road Is Red' goes one better than 'Trainspotting' by bringing to life a whole scheme in the sky, not through the interconnected tales of a handful of individuals, but by opening a hundred windows onto a whole community across two generations, so that the reader can hear a town talking on every page. --Willy Maley
[This Road is Red] weaves back and forth in time to tell the lives of not only the inhabitants, but how they have been shaped by the blocks. It is highly effective and although a page turner, conveys a powerful understanding of Churchill's dictum, 'We make the buildings and then they make us.' --Property Week
[This Road is Red] weaves back and forth in time to tell the lives of not only the inhabitants, but how they have been shaped by the blocks. It is highly effective and although a page turner, conveys a powerful understanding of Churchill's dictum, 'We make the buildings and then they make us.' --Property Week
[This Road is Red] weaves back and forth in time to tell the lives of not only the inhabitants, but how they have been shaped by the blocks. It is highly effective and although a page turner, conveys a powerful understanding of Churchill's dictum, 'We make the buildings and then they make us.' --Property Week
[This Road is Red] weaves back and forth in time to tell the lives of not only the inhabitants, but how they have been shaped by the blocks. It is highly effective and although a page turner, conveys a powerful understanding of Churchill's dictum, 'We make the buildings and then they make us.' --Property Week
[This Road is Red] weaves back and forth in time to tell the lives of not only the inhabitants, but how they have been shaped by the blocks. It is highly effective and although a page turner, conveys a powerful understanding of Churchill's dictum, 'We make the buildings and then they make us.' --Property Week
[This Road is Red] weaves back and forth in time to tell the lives of not only the inhabitants, but how they have been shaped by the blocks. It is highly effective and although a page turner, conveys a powerful understanding of Churchill's dictum, 'We make the buildings and then they make us.' --Property Week
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Shortlisted for Scottish Saltire Award 2011/12.
It is 1964. Red Road is rising out of the fields. To the families who move in, it is a dream and a shining future.
It is 2010. The Red Road Flats are scheduled for demolition. Inhabited only by intrepid asylum seekers and a few stubborn locals, the once vibrant scheme is tired and out of time.
Between these dates are the people who filled the flats with laughter, life and drama. Their stories are linked by the buildings; the sway and buffet of the tower blocks in the wind, the creaky lifts, the views and the vertigo.
This Road is Red is a compelling and subtle novel of Glasgow.
It is 1964. Red Road is rising out of the fields. To the families who move in, it is a dream and a shining future.
It is 2010. The Red Road Flats are scheduled for demolition. Inhabited only by intrepid asylum seekers and a few stubborn locals, the once vibrant scheme is tired and out of time.
Between these dates are the people who filled the flats with laughter, life and drama. Their stories are linked by the buildings; the sway and buffet of the tower blocks in the wind, the creaky lifts, the views and the vertigo.
This Road is Red is a compelling and subtle novel of Glasgow.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Much more than the sum of its stories, very intimate and raw in places, funny and heartbreaking in others. Never sentimental, cuts through stereotypes to the steel of the people and place. A special book, it totally absorbed me and some passages will stay with me for a long time. It manages to move you through Five decades, but the constancy of the setting of the flats themselves keeps you right in the moment of the characters. One of those books you can't wait to pass on.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This is a beautifully written fascinating debut from a hugely talented writer. She is obviously in love with her subject and this is a book that should be read north and south of the border. Excellent.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I agree with all of the above. This superb debut is simply the best novel I've read in years. The author has crafted a wonderful account of the lives of the people who lived and worked at the Red Road flats, which is expertly researched, beautifully written and a must read for people interested in Britain's post-war social history. The stories and real life accounts are woven together with such poise, with gripping passages of dialogue and inspiring (and depressing) tales of people adapting to their high-rise environment. The inventiveness of the kids who lived at the flats will make you laugh very loudly and stories of neighbourliness and dogged loyalty of the residents to their homes will leave you deeply moved. This Road is Red is one of the books of 2011. I thoroughly recommend it.
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A Superb Epitaph
This book deftly weaves the inhabitants' recollections with fictional scenes based in truth. Its language is spare and its dialogue true and the characters' stories so engaging... Read more
Published 6 days ago by M Mancio
wonderful
This is a wonderful book - the writer's debut I believe, and she is one to watch - it is full of the most interesting characters, rich with detail and love. buy it read it
Published 8 months ago by Rachel Pickup
Excellent
Whether you are a native Glasgwegian or not 'This Road is Red' is well worth a read. Having lived just north of Glasgow for most of my life, many of the references resonated with... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. Claire Mcdaid
Amazing debut novel!
This book really captures the tales and emotions running through the Red Road. Each character and story as interesting and unique as the next, this book provides a real insight... Read more
Published 12 months ago by bookworm86
This Road is Red
This is a thoughtful, and often touching portayal of life on the Red Road flats. Refreshingly enough it eschews the "poverty porn" that often accompanies such subject matter. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Strings 67
Delightful Read
As a proud glaswegian I was both humbled and inspired by this beautifully written book about Glasgow's Red Road. Read more
Published 12 months ago by bookies
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