Sweet and Tender Hooligan by Ian Pattison

Sweet and Tender Hooligan by Ian Pattison

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Sweet and Tender Hooligan is a hilarious and moving account of a young hooligan's progress through the ranks of his violent realm. Ultimately it is the story of the aftermath, when it must, inevitably, all come crashing down . . .

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Sweet and Tender Hooligan by Ian Pattison

Albert Blaney, a.k.a. The Surgeon, is Scotland's most notorious gangster, boasting a treacherous past and considering a dubious future. Having spilled his life story onto the pages of a bestselling memoir, Albert must now live in tense anticipation as he waits for his revengeful enemies to hunt him down. But after a lifetime of irrational activity, he can't be certain who he has angered and who to look out for. As his journey sparks off a host of extraordinary memories, Albert recalls how the innocent boy became the hardened criminal, how his parents' fragile relationship fuelled those first dangerous acts of in difference and how, through what he views as his one true talent, he became deeply and irrevocably involved with Glasgow's sinister underworld. Now Albert must return to Glasgow for the funeral of his mother, unsure as to how violent will be his homecoming 'welcome' . . .
Ian Pattison was born in Glasgow, where he still lives and works.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780330411998
ISBN 10 0330411993
Title Sweet and Tender Hooligan
Author Ian Pattison
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2003-05-16
Number of pages 280
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.