Clap Hands for the Singing Molecatcher by Roderick Grant

Clap Hands for the Singing Molecatcher by Roderick Grant

Clap Hands for the Singing Molecatcher is both hilarious and deeply moving in its splendid account of the writer’s childhood on a remote country estate in Morayshire in the 1940s and 1950s; a place where isolated hill farms, limitless moorland and the rock-strewn banks of wild, tumbling rivers became the backdrop for a variety of adventures and experiences. Laughter, tragedy and dramatic incident thread their way through the life of a growing boy and the lives of the people he observes. Roderick Grant’s book is not merely one of nostalgic recall. It is a richly evocative memoir of a time and place when horses still drew ploughs and children walked seven miles or more each day to reach their school; and where shepherd and gamekeeper, farmer and labourer, forester, railway worker, teacher, laird and minister, and their families, were all part of a community, close-knit in its isolation from the changing post-war world.

'a detailed, loving and always interesting recollection of an adventurous Scottish childhood, refreshingly honest about the dawn of sexual awareness' 

-- Angus MacVicar

'I was captivated. . Grant’s evocative style, with humour never far away, recalls H.E. Bates and the best of his country writing'

-- Sue Baker

'Beg, borrow or buy a copy today, I promise that you will be entranced'

* Nairnshire Telegraph *

'Evocative and lively'

* Scots Magazine *

'Vividly paints the sights, smells, events and characters of rural Scotland in such a comedic way that it is hard not to laugh out loud'

* Press & Journal *

'Absolutely fascinating ... beautifully written'

* BBC *

Roderick Grant was born in Forres, Morayshire, in 1941, where he attended the local academy. He worked as a forestry worker, a journalist, a newspaper editor, a television presenter, a radio broadcaster, a bookshop manager and a postman. He also published writing in both Britain and the USA, including short stories and numerous books such as A Private Vendetta, The Clutch of Caution and Strathalder: A Highland Estate.

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ISBN 13	9781841585956
ISBN 10	1841585955
Title	Clap Hands for the Singing Molecatcher
Author	Roderick Grant
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Birlinn General
Year published	2007-03-26
Number of pages	208
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.