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Docherty (Paperback)

by William McIlvanney (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Sceptre; New edition edition (19 Sep 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340407573
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340407578
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 720,133 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Here a human history is mined with humour and a clenching sense of its sombre inequities: man's squat but lengthening shadow in the sun' -- Guardian 'He has a hard muscular quality to his writing. Some of his phrases hammer against you like a collier's pick.' -- The Times 'An intense, witty and beautifully wrought novel' -- Daily Telegraph

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At the end of 1903, in a tough, working-class town in the West of Scotland, Tam Docherty's youngest son, Conn is born. Tam is determined that life and the pits c won't swallow up his boy the way it has him. Courageous and questioning, Docherty emerges as a leader of almost indomitable strength, but in a close-knit community tradition is a powerful opponent.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly a good read, 6 Jan 2002
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Having been made to read Docherty in school, I remember settling down to do homework, fully expecting to hate what I was about to read. McIlvanney does not write my "usual" choice of novel but with Docherty he has produced a sometimes depressing, sometimes uplifting encounter of one man's struggles with life. An underestimated novel, this is probably the less glamorous relative of Angela'a Ashes but one which is definitely worth a read if stories about bygone days are your bag.
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