Somewhere to Lay My Head - Rilegato

Douglas, Robert

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0340898429 ISBN 13: 9780340898420

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2006

Riassunto

We left Robert a long way from home, a sixteen-year-old recruit in the RAF. Now, we follow his escape from the Forces (until National Service a few years later!), his return to Glasgow and life down the pit. Once more, Robert's fantastic memory for people, places and anecdotes, combined with an ear for individual voices and the brilliant ability to evoke a bygone sense of community, will enchant his readers and sometimes appal them with the brutality of conditions he experienced.

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Recensione

A truly remarkable story (Sunday Post, Scotland)

'Warm, energetic...punchy' (The Sunday Times)

'A rattling good read' (Hexham Courant)

A natural-born writer...pins down all-too-human characters in a sentence or two - and a number of times he made me laugh out loud. He also recaptures the late 1950s and early 1960s, rekindling memories for those of us who were there or thereabouts and bringing them alive for those who weren't...convincing and entertaining (The Scotsman)

'A sparkling piece of social history...What makes this memoir more than just a string of anecdotes is Douglas's level-headed self-reflection and an increasing emotional depth' (The Herald, Scotland)

Night Song of the Last Tram was one of the most moving autobiographies ever penned by a Scottish writer...Somewhere to Lay my Head takes up where that left off...Once again demonstrating an outstanding gift for evoking the atmosphere and emotions of a time gone by, this wonderfully talented storyteller takes us on a journey that he started as a boy and ended as a man (Daily Record)

Like any good autobiography, there is no dwelling on excess sentimentality or pathos. Rather, humour is never far away (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

'If Blake Morrison is the Radio 4 of family memoir, then Robert Douglas is definitely the Radio 2' (Sunday Herald)

With the ending of NIGHT SONG OF THE LAST TRAM, Douglas left us longing to find out what happened to his 16-year-old self, so cruelly cast out into the world. Now, in SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD, Douglas continues his story, portraying a bright and clever boy who never got the opportunities he deserved, but was still determined to make his way in the world (Publishing News)

'Humorous, warm-hearted...written with the same exuberance for life that has become almost a trademark feature of this remarkable author' (Dumfries & Galloway Standard)

Descrizione del libro

The next chapter in Robert Douglas's remarkable life story picks up from the bestselling NIGHT SONG OF THE LAST TRAM

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0340898429
• ISBN 13: 9780340898420
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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