There's one fantastic image in this that I really love - a river flowing backwards from the sea, filled with mussels the size of a man's fist. That one's going to stick with me for a while.

This book has an interesting structure. It's almost as much linked short stories as novel, but brief stories, almost sketches in some cases. I liked the structure a lot, but with the exception of the story/chapter about Pig Twenty, I found it difficult to connect emotionally with the characters. It's made me want to learn more about the mythological figure of Angus, though.