The End of an Old Song: A Romance
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The End of an Old Song: A Romance by John Dick Scott
Set in the 30s, the War Years and beyond, it also evokes the nostalgic passing of a way of life and the destruction of values symbolised by the decline of an old house, Kingisbyres. Scott's novel is one of those rare works in which life blows across the page, careless of time and space and convention, making its own moods and weather. Stevensonian in its movement and warmth, its portrayal of character is as vivid and authentic as its feeling for a time now past.
'In Alastair Kerr, the central figure of this novel, Mr Scott goes right to the heart of the new ruling classesAlastair's transformation from a village boy into the very embodiment of contemporary careerism is brilliantly told.' Observer
John Dick Scott, born in Lanarkshire in 1917, was educated at Edinburgh University where he took an honours degree in History. He became Assistant Principal at the Ministry of Aircraft Production in London during the war, and went on to join the Cabinet Office as an official war historian in 1944. He was Literary Editor of The Spectator from 1953-1956, he went to America in 1963 to become editor of the World Bank's periodical Finance and Development. Scott published his first short novel, The Cellar, in 1947, followed by The Margin in 1949. Three years later 'a love story' appeared called The Way to Glory, followed by The End of an Old Song in 1954. His last novel, A Pretty Penny, was published in 1963.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780862413118 |
| ISBN 10 | 0862413117 |
| Title | The End of an Old Song: A Romance |
| Author | John Dick Scott |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2010-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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