Morvern Callar by Alan Warner Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Morvern Callar
Book Review: Maybe you should just see the movie
Summary: 2 Stars
The following is a synopsis of one of the scenes in _Morvern Callar_. It doesn't involve major characters and it doesn't reveal a plot point, but it does give something of the book's tone.It's Hogmanay. The narrator and her social circle have gathered in a local hotel. Midnight passes, then closing time, so the police come to make them leave. One man buys several whiskies and wants to take them with him but the police won't let him, so he pours the whiskies down the throat of his fish, takes the fish outside, and drinks the whiskies out of the fish's mouth.
If that baffled you, you should probably skip the book entirely. In short, it's so Scottish it probably won't travel well.
Book Review: Morvern Callar, funny name good book
Summary: 4 Stars
Morvern Callar is about a young raver girl from a rural area of Scotland. At the beginning of the book, her boyfriend kills himself on Christmas Eve. This starts a wild journey of partying that takes the protagonist from Scotland to Ibiza. Along the way she finds out more than she wants to know about her best friend and adopted father. I saw the movie before reading the book. The movie follows the same story line to a point but does not delve into the loneliness experienced by the main character.Book Review: Rural hedonism meets today's dance culture
Summary: 4 Stars
Morvern has a crappy wee job in the supermarket which she
hates, she's skint but her blokes got a bit more dosh and
so when he kills himself having jist completed a novel
Morvern firsts hides his body in the loft and raids his
bank account and then publishes his book under her name
and lives the high life off the proceeds partying on the
Spanish costas. Alan Warner has with this novel produced
an update on Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting; the heroin
culture in Scotland's inner cities is no more the drug
culture has spread to even the most rural towns of Scotland
but it has changed from the destructive heroin to the free
love of ecstacy. We also see the ravages of society
post-thatcherism; where Trainspotting's Rent et al knew
they were a subversive element in society Morvern ill-
educated and with weakened family links seeks only hedonism
and doesn't view herself as the destructive element in
society she is.
Warner has a new novel published soon and I look forward to
more from him and the rest of the rebel inc.crew.Book Review: Silence is Golden
Summary: 4 Stars
Morvern Callar is the kind of book you keep hidden from the happy people in your life, they'd be scared off if they new you were absorbed in Morvy's morbid world.... Morvern's your typical ravin' wild child, maybe a bit exagerrated, but nevertheless, she is what she is supposed to be, and the whole story gives you a wickedly clear view of what the author is trying to portray. I must admit his later novel The Sopranos dances rings around poor introvert Morvern, but it still worth the read.Book Review: Sparse and Moving
Summary: 5 Stars
A darkly simple and engaging novel that really speaks to the darkness that lurks in the corners of the world. It seeks these places without quashing the flicker of hope that burns within everyone.