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WINNER OF THE THE GUARDIAN FICTION OF THE YEAR AWARDONE OF THE LIST'S BEST SCOTTISH BOOKS OF ALL TIMESet in nineteen-sixties Glasgow, this novel portrays the struggles and conflicts of a young working-class hero and would-be novelist Mat Craig, whose desire to define himself as an artist creates social and family tensions.This classic of Scottish twentieth-century literature is renowned for its vivid descriptions of Glasgow and the fight for individual creative expression. It remains as authentic and relevant as it was more than fifty years after its original publication.Includes an Introduction by Alasdair Gray as well as Archie Hind's unfinished novel Fur Sadie and one of his essays Men of the Clyde'.*An exciting first novel worth a dozen more seasoned efforts' - GuardianThe best novel ever written' - SkinnyA touching insight into human strength and frailty' - Daily Mail

The Dear Green Place

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WINNER OF THE THE GUARDIAN FICTION OF THE YEAR AWARDONE OF THE LIST'S BEST SCOTTISH BOOKS OF ALL TIMESet in... Read more

    Publisher: Birlinn General
    Publication Date: 9/5/2024
    ISBN13: 9781846976865, 978-1846976865
    ISBN10: 1846976863

    Fiction , Classics

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    WINNER OF THE THE GUARDIAN FICTION OF THE YEAR AWARDONE OF THE LIST'S BEST SCOTTISH BOOKS OF ALL TIMESet in nineteen-sixties Glasgow, this novel portrays the struggles and conflicts of a young working-class hero and would-be novelist Mat Craig, whose desire to define himself as an artist creates social and family tensions.This classic of Scottish twentieth-century literature is renowned for its vivid descriptions of Glasgow and the fight for individual creative expression. It remains as authentic and relevant as it was more than fifty years after its original publication.Includes an Introduction by Alasdair Gray as well as Archie Hind's unfinished novel Fur Sadie and one of his essays Men of the Clyde'.*An exciting first novel worth a dozen more seasoned efforts' - GuardianThe best novel ever written' - SkinnyA touching insight into human strength and frailty' - Daily Mail

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