happiness. The issue of belief within modernity receives sharp focus in the question of whether or not Gideon is insane, or whether he did actually meet the Devil. This debate is further complicated in the epilogue, which gives a third person overview of Gideon’s story, and suggests that he may, to some extent, be an unreliable narrator. Reception The novel received a positive review in The Guardian. In his review, Irvine Welsh wrote that the novel "cements" Robertson's position as "[...] one of the foremost Scottish [...] writers". The book was long-listed for the Booker Prize. References 2006 British novels Novels set in Scotland Fiction with unreliable narrators Penguin Books books Fiction about the Devil