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2. www.scotsman.com › arts-and-culture › the-20The 20 Scottish books everyone should read - The Scotsman

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   Dec 28, 2005 · With one eye on contemporary fiction, and one on the great classics that every Scot reads at school, we have compiled our own, highly selective, list of the Scottish books we think everyone...

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   • John Aberdein, Amande’s Bed, 2006. Around Peem, a wee boy in 1950s Aberdeen, orbits a continental cast of communists, refugees, drop-outs and outcasts. Aberdein’s polyphonic novel has set piece scenes that are outrageously good – a translation of Rabelais in particular – but the whole is informed by a glinting political consciousness and a linguistic deftness encompassing Doric, Scots and English as a second tongue.
   • Kate Atkinson, Life After Life, 2013. The title does not just refer to the repeated lives of the heroine Ursula Todd (Tod is German for death, and Ursula dies just a few pages in...
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   • Iain M Banks, Excession, 1996. The Culture’s artificial intelligence minds confront a black perfect sphere they call the Excession, which seems to be older than the universe itself.

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    Dec 6, 2023 · In this carefully curated selection, you’ll discover 25 of the best books about Scotland, spanning genres like mystery, travel, and history. Whether you’re a seasoned bibliophile or a casual reader, there’s a Scottish tale waiting just for you.