For Antonio, growing up Spanish in Glasgow is a nightmare - one of shame and potential embarrassment on every front. But there is no hiding his ethnicity: his noisy, bullying father, even his gentle mother and her quest for olives and exotic meats, put paid to that. It is only as he grows older, and can see his father for what he is, a reluctant exile washed up on the cold shores of Scotland, that Antonio begins to understand what terrible forces drove his father to flee 40 years before. Unravelling his father's secret life piece by piece, Antonio discovers a truth that will shock and heal him.
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'Genuine, appealing characters in an emotional, compelling story.' --Bookbag
'Alba has created one of the most memorable characters I've encountered in years' --Sergio Casci - The Herald
'A novel then about accommodation with cultural differences, the uncertainties of identity and painful and disturbing history. Very well done' --Allan Massie, The Scotsman
'I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed 'The Songs of Manolo Escobar' - it was a truly wonderful book - it felt so 'real', I'd almost be disappointed if it wasn't I think it would make a wonderful film - which is always a sign of a great book!' --Phillip Bloom
'A novel then about accommodation with cultural differences, the uncertainties of identity and painful and disturbing history. Very well done' --Allan Massie, The Scotsman
'Alba has created one of the most memorable characters I've encountered in years' --Sergio Casci - The Herald
'A novel then about accommodation with cultural differences, the uncertainties of identity and painful and disturbing history. Very well done' --Allan Massie, The Scotsman
'I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed 'The Songs of Manolo Escobar' - it was a truly wonderful book - it felt so 'real', I'd almost be disappointed if it wasn't I think it would make a wonderful film - which is always a sign of a great book!' --Phillip Bloom
'A novel then about accommodation with cultural differences, the uncertainties of identity and painful and disturbing history. Very well done' --Allan Massie, The Scotsman
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Carlos Alba is a journalist who has worked in Scotland for the past 17 years. He was editor of The Sunday Times (Scotland) since September 2006 after five years as deputy editor. Prior to that, he was Scottish political editor of the Daily Record and education correspondent at The Herald. He has won five Scottish Press awards. In 2001 he co-authored with Ron Mackenna Keep the Faith: The Story of Celtic's Historic Treble Winning Season 2000-2001 (Mainstream Publishing).
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By D. A. Osler
Format:Paperback
This is a superb book and a must read. The author has a light touch in portraying the inferiority complex, and its causes, of the main character. The story moves skillfully between the various parts of Antonio's life in a way that ends up portraying his whole life to date both intimately and sensitively. Interlaced with history from the Spanish Civil War, it is a rich and binding story. It deserves a high place in the fiction charts.
By Sergio Casci
Format:Paperback
Coming from a Scots-Italian family, I was moved by the humour and authenticity in Carlos Alba's description of growing up the child of immigrant parents. This is a warm, beautifully-observed book, and in the protagonist's grouchy father, Pablo, Alba has created one of the most memorable characters I've encountered in a very long time. I highly recommend this.
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