The Dear Green Place : and Fur Sadie

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WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FICTION OF THE YEAR AWARDONE OF THE LISTS BEST SCOTTISH BOOKS OF ALL TIMESet in nineteen-sixties Glasgow, this novel portrays the struggles and conflicts of young working-class hero and would-be novelist Mat Craig, whose desire to define himself as an artist creates social and family tensions.This classic of Scottish twentieth-century literature is renowned for its vivid descriptions of Glasgow and the fight for individual creative expression; it remains as authentic and relevant more than fifty years after its original publication.Includes an Introduction by Alasdair Gray as well as Archie Hinds unfinished novel Fur Sadie and one of his essays Men of the Clyde.*An exciting first novel worth a dozen more seasoned efforts - GuardianThe best novel ever written - SkinnyA touching insight into human strength and frailty - Daily Mail