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Item Details
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THE END OF AN OLD SONG
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| By: |
Robin Jenkins |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£7.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847675905 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847675903 |
| Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2009 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Synopsis: |
'Half Scotland sniggered and the other half scowled, when in letters to the Scotsman and the Glasgow Herald, I put forward my suggestion that prisoners in Scottish jails be allowed to wear their kilts as their national birthright if such be their wish.' From his origins as an illegitimate child in the slums of Glasgow, Fergus Lamont sets out to reclaim his inheritance and to remake his identity as soldier, poet and would-be aristocrat. Covering the years from the turn of the century to the Second World War, Fergus's unforgettable voice recounts a tale of vanity, success and betrayal which shines its own sardonic light on Scotland and the cultural and political issues of the day. At odds with his origins and unsettled in his aristocratic pretensions, Fergus Lamont reaches middle age before he is offered at least the hope of redemption in a love affair with an island woman. How it turns out and what he learns too late, adds a tragic dimension to the scathing humour of this, Robin Jenkins's most searching exploration of the modern Scottish psyche. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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