Book description
'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
'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
'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 in Blood of Galloway's unassailable
talent. Marvellously funny and beautifully paced' Glasgow Herald
