For the first time in Russian – another tragicomic epic by the famous Scot. Young Isis Umm can play the organ, but has never heard a radio, tape recorder or CD player. She knows how to heal by laying on of hands, but she has never spoken on the phone. She was born on February 29, which means she belongs to God's Chosen.

But one day the head of their sect sets Isis a difficult task; go to Babylondon and find in this abyss of depravity cousin Morag, the world famous baritone performer. After all, the festival of love, held every four years, is approaching, and cousin Morag is supposed to play a major role in it.

And so Isis sets off - on a homemade boat from a car tire, with her trusty Sitting Board and a bottle of the magic balm of the assholes . She still has no idea what shocks await her ahead and what hidden games are happening behind her back...

Acrobatic imagination, sarcastic irony, acute topicality... If in “The Wasp Factory” Banks dissected a modern gothic thriller, and in "Crow's Road" is a family saga, now totalitarian sects come under fire.

The Times

Banks is a master of two rare tricks: he manages to combine plot dynamics with lyrical, polished literary language , and the observation of a social realist with the unbridled flight of gothic fantasy.

TLS

Along with Martin Amis and Ian McEwan, Banks occupies a place at the forefront of the new British novel.

Booklist

Banks has perfected his signature move - laughter through tears.

Scotlandon Sunday

Banks is a phenomenon... It seems like such things happen in the USA prohibited by law.

William Gibson