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Fat Cat wrote:I've just finished reading a book called Night Song of the Last Tram by Robert Douglas about a boy's childhood in Maryhill.
It's a great read and I'd recommend it.
Anyone got any other recommendations?
Ta
Sydney Rosewater wrote:All Stuart Murray's books are set in Glasgow and are really a fantastic read, in fact essential reading to anyone interested in the city.
They can all be found for sale at astoundingly reasonable prices on my website, I mean his website, found via the link below.
Sydney Rosewater wrote:That's the paralell city of Unthank yer thinkin of chief, Provan is yet another weird paralell sorta place that crops up briefly.
Unthank's like a weird nightmare version of Glasgow where it's always dark. Sorry to be a pedant.
His Poor Things novel is set in Victorian Glasgow.
Fat Cat wrote:Also bought Heart of Glasgow by Jack House and it was very enjoyable. Other authors must have thought so because you read somthing and think "I've read that before, word for word".
viceroy wrote:He was one of the few who were trying to keep the general public interested in Glasgow as a city during the 1960’s/1970’s, at a time when large numbers of people dismissed the place as a dump that deserved to be razed to the ground.
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