Stonemouth#Adaptation
{{Short description|2012 novel by Iain Banks}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
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| publisher = Little, Brown and Company
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| pages = 368 pp
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Stonemouth is a 2012 novel by Scottish author Iain Banks. The novel was published on 5 April 2012 by Little, Brown and Company and follows a man returning to a small seaport town after being forced to flee five years earlier. The Irish Times picked the book as one of their "Books to Read in 2012".{{cite news|last=Wallace|first=Arminta|title=The books to read in 2012|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/1231/1224309652002.html|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=18 October 2012}}
Plot summary
Stewart Gilmour returns to Stonemouth, a fictional seaport town north of Aberdeen, for a funeral. It is five years since he ran away to London after a sexual indiscretion at a wedding. Stonemouth is controlled by two rival gangs, the Murstons and the MacAvetts, and Gilmour was engaged to a member of the former clan before he had to leave.{{cite book|last=Banks|first=Iain|author-link=Iain Banks|title=Stonemouth|year=2012|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-1408702505|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/stonemouth0000bank_f7b8}}
Reception
Critical reception for Stonemouth was mostly positive.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/book-review-stonemouth-iain-banks-1635862|title=Book review: Stonemouth - Iain Banks |first=Tom |last=Adair |work=The Scotsman|date=1 April 2012 |access-date=5 December 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/41264-iain-banks-stonemouth/|title=Iain Banks - Stonemouth |first=Brian |last=Donaldson |work=The List |location=Edinburgh |date=27 March 2012 |accessdate=6 April 2012}} Some criticisms of the book included some of the references to modern technology being "unauthentic",{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/energetic-master-of-set-piece-reigns-supreme-26836438.html|title=Energetic master of set piece reigns supreme - Books, Entertainment - Independent.ie|work=Irish Independent|first=Hilary A|last=White|date=25 March 2012 |access-date=5 December 2021}} while praise for the novel centred on the plot's mystery.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/28/stonemouth-iain-banks-review|title=Stonemouth by Iain Banks – review |work=The Guardian|accessdate=5 April 2012|location=London|first=Stuart|last=Kelly|date=28 March 2012}} Culture Critic gave it an aggregated critic score of 90 percent based on an accumulation of British press reviews. {{Cite web |title=Iain Banks - Stonemouth|url=http://www.culturecritic.co.uk/books/iain-banks-stonemouth/|access-date=12 July 2024|website=Culture Critic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411195521/http://www.culturecritic.co.uk/books/iain-banks-stonemouth/|archive-date=11 Apr 2013}}
Adaptation
An adaptation for BBC Television was announced in 2014, starring Christian Cooke as Stewart Gilmour, with Peter Mullan, Sharon Small and Gary Lewis. Location filming{{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fstone.html|title=Stonemouth|publisher=Scotland the Movie Location Guide|accessdate=14 July 2015}} took place in Macduff, Aberdeenshire in November 2014. It premiered on 8 June 2015 on BBC One Scotland, and 11 June 2015 on BBC Two in the rest of the UK.{{Cite web|url=http://www.geektown.co.uk/tvairdates/stonemouth/|title=Stonemouth|date=20 May 2015}}