The Incredible Adam Spark

Adam Spark isn't what you would call lucky. He is eighteen but going on eight and a half. He lives with his sister but she is about to move out and live in Glasgow with her girlfriend. However Adam believes that his luck is going to change when he comes round from an accident and thinks he has superpowers...is he the first McSuperhero?
Alan Bissett is a very Scottish writer (like Gordon Legge in fact) not just in his use of dialect but in his style and love for Scotland in all its (dis)glory. Adam Spark is a rollercoaster ride inside the head of the narrator - and you constantly have to stop and think about what is actually happening and often it is not what Adam thinks. Like Flowers for Algernon you feel a real sympathy for Adam as he struggles with life but there is also gallons of humour as he negotiates his way through growing up in Hallglen. Nobody, not Glasgow yooni students or the H-Glen animals, really escapes Bissett's wit.

"So how did it feel sparky when you were out there using your powers for good not evil? Well im just glad i could do a job for the manager and the rest of the boys. And do you think theres too much pressure on you as the teams star player? No not at all. Im just getting ma head down trying to use ma powers for the benefit of humanity. And if I can help a few friends along the way (shrug) all the better. Sparky you are a true champion. Thanks now if you dont mind im gonnay join the rest of the boys in the bath with the trophy. Absolutely sparky you deserve it. There goes a hero ladies and gentlemen. Away to was his tadger."

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