As Helen Croney writes at the Scottish Book Trust weblog, The Favourite Scottish Novel is Revealed as they took a poll: "to find the favourite Scottish novel of the last 50 years".
Over 8,800 votes were cast, and Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh, beat out Lanark by Alasdair Gray, 833 votes to 750. (A more distant third, the somewhat surprising choice of ... Black and Blue, by Ian Rankin (well, choices were limited to one book per author, so presumably this one was taken as representative ...).)
Can't really argue with either Trainspotting or Lanark (both of which I read before I started this site, which is why they're not under review here).
Get your copy of Trainspotting at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Over 8,800 votes were cast, and Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh, beat out Lanark by Alasdair Gray, 833 votes to 750. (A more distant third, the somewhat surprising choice of ... Black and Blue, by Ian Rankin (well, choices were limited to one book per author, so presumably this one was taken as representative ...).)
Can't really argue with either Trainspotting or Lanark (both of which I read before I started this site, which is why they're not under review here).
Get your copy of Trainspotting at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.