Para Handy - The Complete Collected Stories

Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News in 1905. This definitive edition contains all three collections published in the author's lifetime, as well as those that were unpublished and a new story which was discovered in 2001.

About the author

Neil Munro (1863-1930), a native of Inveraray, was a journalist by profession and for many years was the editor of the Glasgow Evening News. He is best known for his comic tales about Para Handy, but he also produced a number of historical and contemporary novels, as well as poetry and nonfiction.

Summary

Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News in 1905. This definitive edition contains all three collections published in the author's lifetime, as well as those that were unpublished and a new story which was discovered in 2001.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Munro
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781780278001
• ISBN: 978-1-78027-800-1
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, HUMOR / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, Scotland, Humour, Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Classic fiction: literary and general