Summer leaves: Scotland’s top writers select their favourite literary fragments
Books should be all about pleasure; about revelling in beautifully wrought lines of prose or poetry, simply for the joy of reading. "Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences," wrote Sylvia Plath. But what makes a "good" sentence – and can you remember the last time you savoured a book or poem, simply for the loveliness of the words? As the Edinburgh International Book Festival begins, put that question to some of Scotland's top writers and literary commentators. Here are their choices.