The Dear Green Place by Archie Hind
This is an autobiographical novel about a working class writer. The Dear Green Place is the city of Glasgow in which the writer finds so much beauty.
Archie Hind was born in 1928. Educated in Glasgow, where he has spent most of his life, his jobs have included bus driving, glass sculpting and data processing. He studied writing for a year at Newbattle College under Edwin Muir and attended WEA lectures by Jack Rillie of the English Department at Glasgow University; both men were to influence him and his writing. The Dear Green Place first published in 1966 is Hind's only novel and won both the Guardian Fiction Award and the Yorkshire Post’s Award for Best Book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841580715 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841580716 |
| Title | The Dear Green Place |
| Author | Archie Hind |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2001-11-16 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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