Blood 9780749391959 Paperback

‘BLOOD is a virtuoso work: the writing sinewy and beautiful. . . the integrity of vision coruscating; the whole driven by the author’s restless experimentation with form. And at least two stories, ‘Blood’ itself and ‘Fearless’, will certainly end up in anthologies: not Best Scottish Writers, or Best Women Writers, but quite simply, Best’ New Statesman and Society.’I remember reading a story by Janice Galloway for the first time; its urgency of voice, that certainty of expression, I wondered why I hadn’t heard of her before; then discovered that she was altogether new to writing. It was some debut. She really is a fine writer’ James Kelman’Bloodis a virtuoso work: the writing sinewy and beautiful…the integrity of vision coruscating; the whole driven by the author’s restless experimentation with form. And at least two stories, ‘Blood’ itself and ‘Fearless’, will certainly end up in anthologies: not Best Scottish Writers, or Best Women Writers, but, quite simply,best’New Statesman’A salutary collection…A marvellous revelation. A writer of passion and virtuosity shines through’Scotland on Sunday’Genuinely unnerving…she is a fierce, troubling new writer’Observer’Galloway flecks her hard-edged realism with impressionist grace-notes, a potent mixture that confirms her…as one of Scotland’s best young writers’Sunday Telegraph’There is ample proof inBloodof Galloway’s unassailable talent. Marvellously funny and beautifully paced’Glasgow Herald