Duncan McLean has been called "Scotland's answer to Roddy Doyle" (Cosmopolitan), but he has his own unique, scruffy voice full of quirky humor and surreal images. In the highland town of Blackden, things have gotten overheated despite being overtaken by the chill of winter. Inside the head of eighteen-year-old Patrick Hunter, an auctioneer's assistant, the blood is boiling. Fueled by a potent mix of yankee doodle pie and beer, Patrick spends a November weekend on his own when his off-balanced mother goes to the city. Racing ...
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Duncan McLean has been called "Scotland's answer to Roddy Doyle" (Cosmopolitan), but he has his own unique, scruffy voice full of quirky humor and surreal images. In the highland town of Blackden, things have gotten overheated despite being overtaken by the chill of winter. Inside the head of eighteen-year-old Patrick Hunter, an auctioneer's assistant, the blood is boiling. Fueled by a potent mix of yankee doodle pie and beer, Patrick spends a November weekend on his own when his off-balanced mother goes to the city. Racing around the hills and dens of his hometown, he is half in escape from worn-out friends, drudging work, and painful memories, and half in pursuit of a girl, his father's ghost, and a new life. "Brilliantly funny: fast, sharp, constant banter, even when the narrator is only talking to himself." Times Literary Supplement "A hilarious and touching insight into the mind of a young man, balanced between naivety and maturity." The List"
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Good. Library withdrawal in the reinforced covers. A card pocket that was pasted on the inside back cover is now removed leaving a mark. RELIABLE paperback edition. Some shelf wear to the covers. A bit of scuff to the page edge. The book is been stamped at the page edge by the library. A few spots at the page edge. CLEAN CLEAR text. Useful and presentable!
Add this copy of Blackden to cart. $4.75, good condition, Sold by Bookmarc's rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from La Porte, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated.
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Good. No Jacket as Issued. BZ2-A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in very good-condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated black wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library lables on the spine and on the front cover plus the cover is laminated with clear plastic. This is a title in the publisher's Norton Paperback series. A novel in which the main character is an 18 year old auctioneer's assistant living in a highland town in Scotland. He is caught between worn-out friends, drudging work, and painful memories and his pursuit of a girl and a new life. The author is a winner of a Somerset Maugham award. By the author of "Bucket of tongues, " "Bunker Man, " and "Lone Star Swing." 229p.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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