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Based in the Uists in the Outer Hebrides, with side trips to Glasgow, Hamburg and Amsterdam, this dotty adventure embraces frustrated sex, drugs, eightsome reels and a memorable cast of oddball characters: three inept would-be criminals, a demented care-home resident, an ex-communicant of the Free Church of Scotland who moonlights as an enforcer, a pair of Russian weight-lifters who raise ostriches by day and mud-wrestle by night, and a formidable woman lawyer determined to cleanse the island of wrongdoing before HM The Queen arrives on her annual visit.
Something akin to a mad Gaelic version of The Sopranos as directed by the Coen Brothers, this novella is a masterclass of understatement, pitch-perfect dialogue and confident narration.
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'Perhaps the first Gaelic black comedy' -- John Murray * RTE Radio 1 * 'Norman is a 24-carat comedy jewel that just keeps sparkling' -- Bruce Morton * BBC Radio Scotland * 'Norman MacLean is the Billy Connolly of the Gaidhealtachd' - -- Calum MacDonald * Runrig *More details
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- Intro
- A Note on the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. The Godfather and the two fools
- 2. Go for the rifle
- 3. Duncan's plan
- 4. On the ferry
- 5. Accident at a wedding
- 6. Dalliance or business?
- 7. Old age comes not alone
- 8. Davy enjoys the good life
- 9. Watch it, MacAskill!
- 10. The deed you do in the back will come to the front door
- 11. Fear is worse than war
- 12. A goat's eyes in the head of the Elder
- 13. A visit to the house of the ostriches
- 14. He who is always jumping about will eventually fall over the cliff
- 15. Lord! Things are going wrong!
- 16. The Elder's breakdown
- 17. When bad things happen, they happen with a vengeance
- 18. Women are often cunning
- 19. 'White they'll never be,' said the crow as she washed her feet
- 20. A dash down north
- 21. Parting has to come
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