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Remedy is None

William McIlvanney author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Canongate Books

Published:2nd Jan '14

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Remedy is None cover

Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

Charlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow University watches his father die. Overwhelmed by the memory of this humble yet dignified death, Charlie is left to face his own fierce resentment for his adulterous mother.

With shades of Hamlet and Camus, William McIlvanney's first novel is a revelatory portrait of youth, of society and of family.

Remedy is None . . . is a strong study of a young man's mind, and has both humourous social observations and an explosive grimness -- Edwin Morgan
William McIlvanney paints a world of harsh reality, but does so in language that is strangely beautiful and hauntingly poetic -- Craig Russell
The finest Scottish novelist of our time * * Telegraph * *

ISBN: 9781782113041

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 174g

256 pages

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