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In her hugely acclaimed debut Anne Donovan tells an endearing, humorous yet unsentimental story of a working-class Glaswegian man who discovers Buddhism, rejects old habits and seeks a life more meaningful, only to alienate his immediate family in the process.
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Contemporary, classical in form, intimate and character-led.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 333
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers, Canongate, CANONGATE BOOKS
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9781847675521
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