WINNER of the Saltire First Book of the Year Award 2005.

"Amande's Bed" is a deep, hilarious novel a vivid, poignant tale in which individual odysseys startlingly merge. It is 1956 and post-war Scotland is reeling. . . with sex, Americans, atoms, the news from Budapest. . . and fish.

"Wonderful, brilliant, brave. . . a great read."

Andrew Greig

"A balance of humour and tragedy, tragedy ultimately traceable to social conditions, but not in any mechanical way. . . I have never seen north-east urban speech given such natural, witty and yet dignified expression."

Lindsay Paterson