The Chronicles of Craigfieth

Milsted, David

ISBN 10: 1851581162 / ISBN 13: 9781851581160

Editore: Mainstream Pubishing, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1988

H/B 256 pages, condition is very good. Nestling at the foot of the sublime Lummock Hills, the town of Craigfieth with its immaculate herbaceous borders and upright citizens is temporarily thrust into disarray by the incomer Mr Mohammed Haq, whose 'Universal Emporium' (formerly Brown's Newsagents and General Stores) is selling goods of the most undesirable, outrageous sort . . . This sets the scene for the first of David Milsted's uproarious THE CHRONICLES OF CRAIGFIETH, which, with immense affection and intricate detail savagely satirises small-town Britain of the 1980's. of Craigfieth's inhabitants is destined to win the local by-election? Surely not the apothecary Meiklejohn or greengrocer Smellie; the tradesman and owner of privatised shares Mr Haq, or Mrs Pitt-Holyoake, grandiloquent owner of 'The Craft Corner' and celebrated artiste? Why does a distinguished cultural delegation consisting of Professor Crawford Sims (Bannockburn Society), Alpin Prigpenny (Killiecrankie Club), Elvis Paisley (Knights of Alba) and Domhaill Mhic Domhaill Dubh (the Brotherhood), descend upon Craigfieth in a minibus? And who in their right minds would even consider gagging and binding poor Mr Campsie, conscientious curator of Craigfieth's museum, to a Pictish stone? Can Slim Beauly of the Perthshire Gazette, Sergeant MacEachran of the police force or even Baz Tinto and Dine Docherty of Caledonian TV unravel some of these mysteries? The answers to these questions and a thoroughly entertaining read are to be found in Milsted's CHRONICLES. Codice articolo 065273

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Titolo: The Chronicles of Craigfieth
Casa editrice: Mainstream Pubishing, Edinburgh, Scotland
Data di pubblicazione: 1988
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good
Edizione: 1st Edition