After the scandalous theft of a pub's World Cup cash kitty, a homeless drifter pursues his eccentric uncle: 'The Man Who Walks', north, up into the Highlands to recover the money - a cool £27,000. The nephew's frantic, stalled progress and other bizarre diversions form Warner's fourth, wickedly hilarious novel.
But who is The Man Who Walks? Is he simply a water-carrying madman with one glass eye and a fondness for whisky and pony nuts, who collects old Christmas trees for money and old newspapers to make his home, and who has a physiological inability to handle slopes? Or is he a savant, touched by the hand of God, wandering the back roads along ancient, ancestral tracks? And as the sinister, unstable nephew gains on The Man Who Walks, and their paths begin to meet, can it be that it will all end in a field and that this field is Culloden Moor?
Since his first novel, Morvern Callar, Warner's fictional world has become a deliciously familiar one: a Scotland at once real and surreal, patrolled by Hollywood productions, ex-British Rail trolley-girls, crazed snowboarders and a sybaritic aristocracy. His writing is savage but learned, shot through with deviant sexuality and demented humour but, at the heart of this fierce and strange world, there is huge human tenderness, moments of extraordinary lyrical beauty and a ranging, breathtaking imagination.
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"A brilliant road movie (on foot) of a book" (Irvine Welsh)
Hardback edition of Alan Warner's first novel in four years. Publication to coincide with the release of the film of Morvern Callar.
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Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR005796710
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Da: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. The Man Who Walks This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Codice articolo 7719-9780224062947
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Condizione: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.96. Codice articolo 0224062948-2-3
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Da: Bahamut Media, Reading, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Codice articolo 6545-9780224062947
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Da: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Page block and page edges are tanned. Otherwise, as unread. LW. Used. Codice articolo 542236
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Da: Bungalow Books, ABAA, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Signed by Warner on the title page. Tanning to the page edges. A homeless drifter pursues his eccentric uncle into the Highlands to recover stolen money. ; 279 pages; Signed by Author. Codice articolo 17037
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Da: Blaeberry Books, Lilliesleaf, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Alan Warner to the title page. Uncorrected proof copy in fine, unread condition. All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo 001641
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Da: S.Carter, NEWPORT, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing.near fine hardback in a near fine dustwrapper.usual page edge slight tanning.an unread copy.98/G Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng. Codice articolo shhfgfelf
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Da: Coach Books, Hutton Roof, Regno Unito
Cloth. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. An UNREAD, as NEW, in new unclipped DW, FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing, HARDBACK. **SIGNED, DATED, and DOODLED** by Alan Warner on title page. #A. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo 000295
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Da: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, Regno Unito
First Edition. Pages toned otherwise Fine in Fine dustjacket. Codice articolo 7530
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