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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} the Kiln by William Mcilvanney the Kiln Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Kiln by William McIlvanney The Kiln. The world’s #1 eTextbook reader for students. VitalSource is the leading provider of online textbooks and course materials. More than 15 million users have used our Bookshelf platform over the past year to improve their learning experience and outcomes. With anytime, anywhere access and built-in tools like highlighters, flashcards, and study groups, it’s easy to see why so many students are going digital with Bookshelf. titles available from more than 1,000 publishers. customer reviews with an average rating of 9.5. digital pages viewed over the past 12 months. institutions using Bookshelf across 241 countries. The Kiln by William McIlvanney and Publisher Canongate Books. Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9781782111917, 1782111913. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9781782111917, 1782111913. 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Catch a break with big discounts and fantastic deals on new and used textbooks. The Kiln. Tom Docherty was seventeen in the summer of 1955. With school behind him and a summer job at a brick works, Tom had his whole life before him. Years later, alone in a rented flat in Edinburgh and lost in memories, Tom recalls the intellectual and sexual awakening of his youth. In looking back, Tom discovers that only by understanding where he comes from can he make sense of his life as it is now. “A pitch-perfect blend of warm lyricism, limpid observation and excruciatingly funny comedy. It is a beguilingly brilliant portrait of the artist as an adolescent” sunday Times. See more reviews. “On almost every page it offers matter for reflection and the sudden stab of emotion that comes from reading something that is truly evoked or created … It is rare and it is wonderful” scotsman. “McIlvanney plumbs, in language of luminous precision, the tortured psyche of the Scottish character. It’s Greek tragedy, hilarious to boot” mail On Sunday. “The best novel yet from the finest Scottish writer of our time” Allan Massie daily Telegraph (books Of The Year) “Delightfully funny … [McIlvanney] is a compassionate writer and leaves an impression both of high seriousness and great charm” sunday Telegraph. William McIlvanney. William McIlvanney ’s first novel, Remedy is None , won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and with Docherty he won the Whitbread Award for Fiction. Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch both gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers’ Association. Strange Loyalties , the third in the Detective Laidlaw trilogy, won the Glasgow Herald’s People’s Prize. He died in December 2015. The Kiln. Alone in a rented flat in Edinburgh in the 1990s, Tom Docherty calls up the past like a necromancer, reliving the summer of 1955 - the summer of the kiln. Then he was seventeen, with school behind him, a holiday job at a Graithnock brick work, and his life before him. As he recalls the intellectual and sexual awakening of his youth and the paths he took as an adult, he discovers that only by understanding where he comes from can he make sense of his life. William McIlvanney portrays a man weighing up the balance of his life with unflinching honesty. It is a remarkable portrait, drawn with razor-sharp humour, wisdom and compassion by a masterful writer. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. 'A pitch-perfect blend of warm lyricism, limpid observation and excruciatingly funny comedy. It is a beguilingly brilliant portrait of the artist as an adolescent' ( Sunday Times ) 'Delightfully funny. [McIlvanney] is a compassionate writer and leaves an impression both of high seriousness and great charm' ( Sunday Telegraph ) 'Finely judged and beautifully written' ( The Times ) 'The best novel yet from the finest Scottish writer of our time' ( Allan Massie, Daily Telegraph Books of the Year ) 'On almost every page it offers matter for reflection and the sudden stab of emotion that comes from reading something that is truly evoked or created . It is rare and it is wonderful' ( Scotsman ) 'McIlvanney plumbs, in language of luminous precision, the tortured psyche of the Scottish character. It's Greek tragedy, hilarious to boot.' ( Mail on Sunday ) Book Description : McIlvanney's award-winning, ecstatically acclaimed autobiographical novel, reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of WEEKEND. ISBN 13: 9781782111900. Tom Docherty was seventeen in the summer of 1955. With school behind him and a summer job at a brick works, Tom had his whole life before him. Years later, alone in a rented flat in Edinburgh and lost in memories, Tom recalls the intellectual and sexual awakening of his youth. In looking back, Tom discovers that only by understanding where he comes from can he make sense of his life as it is now. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. One of McIlvanney's first novels now back in print. About the Author : William McIlvanney 's first novel, Remedy is None , won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and with Docherty he won the Whitbread Award for Fiction. Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch both gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association. Strange Loyalties , the third in the Detective Laidlaw trilogy, won the Glasgow Herald's People's Prize. He died in December 2015..
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