From the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain , Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men. Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo...
Scotland--Glasgow
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Author:Stuart, DouglasSummary: -
Author:McIlvanney, LiamSummary:Glasgow, 1969. In the grip of the worst winter for years, the city is brought to its knees by a killer whose name fills the streets with fear: The Quaker. He's taken his next victim - the third woman from the same nightclub - and...
- Author:Anderson, Lin.Summary:
'A cracking story told at breakneck speed' Scotland on Sunday The Killing Tide by Lin Anderson sees forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigating a mysterious abandoned ship which has swept ashore in the Orkney Isles. After a...
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Author:Stuart, DouglasSummary:This is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the...
- Author:Kelman, JamesSummary:
Winner of the Booker Prize. "A passionate, scintillating, brilliant song of a book." Guardian Sammy's had a bad week. Most of it's just a blank space in his mind, and the bits that he can remember, he'd rather not. His wallet's gone,...
- Author:Parks, AlanSummary:
A man hangs himself in a neighborhood chapel. Bodies of young girls are being found in canals and rivers across the city with high levels of Mandrax in their bloodstream. McCoy is asked to watch over a colleague's niece, who has left...
- Author:Morrison, RobbieSummary:
Shortlisted for The Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year 2021 Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2021 and the HWA Debut Crown 2021 'A mesmerizing debut. Early gangland Glasgow with the gloss...
