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Novel set in Scotland/Glasgow or non fiction for gift

29 replies

ggirl · 11/11/2013 17:31

I gave my father the Story of St Kilda which he loved, so am looking for either a novel or nonfiction about or set in Scotland.
He lives in Canada so always feels nostalgic for 'home' and is very hard to buy presents for.

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 11/11/2013 17:39

Para Handy always raises a smile. Or if he likes detective fiction, Ian Rankin writes the Rebus novels set in and around Edinburgh. Val McDermid, Christopher Brookmyre, Alex Gray... My mind has gone blank, but there are more.

Glitterkitten24 · 11/11/2013 17:39

The Crow Rd, Iain Banks?

MrsLettuce · 11/11/2013 17:38

I really enjoyed a book called Morvern Callar by Alan Warner, it was an age ago that I read it but might be worth looking up a synopsis.

ilovepowerhoop · 11/11/2013 17:36

Trainspotting? Other books by Irvine Welsh, or are they too sweary?