Children of Albion Rovers: An Anthology of New Scottish Writing - Hardcover

Welsh, Irvine; Warner, Alan; Legge, Gordon; Meek, James; Hird, Laura J; Reekie, Paul

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9780879517755: Children of Albion Rovers: An Anthology of New Scottish Writing

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ISBN 10: 0879517751 ISBN 13: 9780879517755

Publisher: Overlook Books, 1997

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HardCover Pub Date: Jun Pages 1997: 224 in Publisher: penguin Hard-edged and Iconoclastic the new wave of Scottish writers and their godfather of Irvine Welsh write a darkly funny and of fiction about people on the fringes - a sports junkie. soccer hooligans. ravers. working-class youth. This anthology of six full-length novellas features raw and exciting works by Welsh and such up-and-coming authors as Alan Warner. James Meek. Gordon Legge. and Laura J. Hird.

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Hard-edged and iconoclastic, the new wave of Scottish writers and their godfather, Irvine Welsh, write a darkly funny brand of fiction about people on the fringes--junkies, soccer hooligans, ravers, working-class youth. This anthology of six full-length novellas features raw and exciting works by Welsh and such up-and-coming authors as Alan Warner, James Meek, Gordon Legge, and Laura J. Hird.

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"A raw display of life on the edge." --"Kirkus Reviews"

"Brutal, funny stuff." --"Booklist"

"Brutal, funny stuff." "Booklist""

"Araw display of life on the edge." "Kirkus Reviews""

"Brutal, funny stuff." --Booklist

"A raw display of life on the edge." --Kirkus Reviews

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