“Espedair Street” by Iain Banks

This was not my favourite book by Banks because I think it dragged a bit, but it was intelligently written and gave me good insight into the effect of sudden fabulous wealth. Dan Weir, the protagonist, grew up very poor in Scotland and became part of a wildly successful rock band which descended into decadence. The book ends very nicely and was emotionally fulfilling. My only quibble is that I’m guessing there was an awful lot of Banks in the character. I wonder if he’s capable of writing from the viewpoint of only moderately intelligent people.