Scunnered
Slices of Scottish Life in Seventeen Gallus Syllables
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About the Book:
A book to make you laugh. A book to make you cry. A book to make you rage against the injustices of the world. A book to make you feel better about it all. Perhaps. Perhaps not.
Aristotle on Scotland
Nature produces
nothing without good reason;
save midges and neds.
Reviews:
... one of the most effortlessly charming books I've read in a long time. Scottish Review of Books on My Epileptic Lurcher
Simultaneously hilarious and touching, morose and vividly energetic. The Herald on Monks
The writing is always truthful, immediate and powerful. Scotland on Sunday on Six Black Candles
Seamless combination of verbal wit and raw kinetic energy. Scotsman on Singin I'm No a Billy He's a Tim
About the Author:
DES DILLON was born and brought up in Coatbridge. He has written poetry and fiction, including Me and Ma Gal, (which won the 2003 World Book Day ‘We Are What We Read’ poll for the novel that best describes Scotland today) and has had several of his books adapted for film and television. He has worked as a teacher of English, a creative writing tutor and as a scriptwriter for High Road and River City. He is the Artistic Director of Goldfish Theatre which has staged productions of Singin’ I’m No a Billy He’s a Tim – the most performed play in Scotland in the last decade – at the SECC and many other venues. He lives in Galloway.