Bissett's ear for cut and thrust, for chiv-sharp wit and tinder-dry insult is incisive, pitch perfect, informed.the writing is subtle, well-paced, authentic and compelling.from the start the story transports you aboard its wheeled madhouse in the company of a colourful band of yahoos that Geoffrey Chaucer would be pleased to have invented - Scotsman "A unique and special novel. I honestly haven't read anything as impressive as thisfrom a Scottish writer in yonks" - Irvine WelshBissett writes subtly, intelligently yet also passionately about men.an outstanding novel - Scotland on Sunday 'The largest Scottish army ever to invade England was not led by William Wallace: it was the 150,000 Rangers fans who descended on Manchester for the 2008 UEFA cup final at Old Trafford. Bissett was there, and his novel vividly recalls the so-called Battle of Piccadilly.He casts an unsparing eye over the sectarian pollution of Scottish society'- Guardian Told with narrative flair and demotic brilliance, this is a hugely funny, ruthlessly honest and desperately necessary book - Sarah Hall, Booker shortlisted author of The Electric MichelangeloIf Scotland's father of working class consciousness James Kelman had a literary son it might be Alan Bissett.funny, irreverent and moving, let's hope [Pack Men].