Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball

Informationen zum Autor Robert Douglas retired, aged fifty-five, in 1994. He intended to paint, write short stories and lie about the house watching old films. A one-off article he wrote about six weeks spent with a condemned man in Bristol prison led to him being told 'You should write.' His first book - the bestselling NIGHT SONG OF THE LAST TRAM - is centred around his Glasgow childhood and became the first book in the popular trilogy detailing his life as a miner, dock worker, doss-house resident, soldier, prison screw - and survivor. He hasn't painted for years. Klappentext The third novel in Robert Douglas' much-loved Glaswegian trilogy will delight readers with its blend of humour, tragedy, and vivid sense of place. Zusammenfassung The third novel in Robert Douglas' much-loved Glaswegian trilogy will delight readers with its blend of humour, tragedy, and vivid sense of place.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Douglas, Douglas Robert
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9780755380312
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-8031-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Glaswegian Trilogy; Glaswegian Trilogy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Glasgow, Sagas, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Sagas, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / City Life, Scotland, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Generational sagas, Narrative theme: Love and relationships