'The Roost' is a perilous tidal race off the coast of Shetland. In these unique stories, Neil Butler renders the lives of young people as no less swift and dangerous.These 11 narratives ... are as interlinked as those in Dennis Johnson's Jesus's son or Bret Easton Ellis's The informers. Styllistically, Butler's work compares well with Richard Milward's stark rendering of adolescence, while the teen dialogue bears similarities to Alan Warner's Sopranos novels. The island setting ramps up a youthful sense of isolation, and Butler plays on this well... -- Guardian Saturday 13 August 2011