Weekend (novel)
''Weekend'' is a novel by the Scottish writer William McIlvanney published in 2006. Critical reception Writing in the ''Guardian'' in 2006, Irvine Welsh describes the book as having the "hunger, verve and freshness of a debut novel", and notes that "one of McIlvanney's greatest gifts as a writer has been the unerring humanity he invests in his characters, even at their most desperate". Stuart Kelly in the ''Telegraph'' highlighted the "terrifically comic moments" and "scenes of utter poignancy in the book" and wrote that "Weekend is Chekhovian in its unspoken moments and hard-won affirmations." In The ''Scottish Review of Books'' it is noted that in "''Weekend'' William McIlvanney offers a masterclass in how to treat our very ancient modern condition: with as much high seriousness and sly wit as it deserves, with compassion for our foolishness and awe at our powers of endurance – simply our getting up every morning to begin again". Carol Birch in the ''Independent'' writ ...
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