Weekend by William Mcilvanney
In a Victorian mansion hotel on a Scottish island, a group of English Literature lecturers and students from Glasgow gather for a study weekend, though studying is not exactly what some of them have in mind. And the weekend does prove to be a major turning point in the emotional lives of several people -- just not quite in the way any of them expected. As entertaining as it is thought-provoking, William McIlvanney's novel brilliantly illustrates how humans are driven by animal instincts, but have the mental capacity to analyse, harness and rue them. Which also means we continue to dream, even when our dreams fail us.
"* 'The best novel yet from the finest Scottish writer of our time' - Allan Massie, Daily Telegraph Books of the Year on THE KILN * 'Brilliant.. grips like a mangling handshake' - Sunday Times on THE PAPERS OF TONY VEITCH * 'An intense, witty and beautifully wrought novel' - Daily Telegraph on DOCHERTY * 'His work surprises, jolts, impresses... Like DOCHERTY, another masterpiece' - Scotsman on THE BIG MAN * 'Driven at a cracking pace with ingenious plotting... immensely readable' - Scotland on Sunday on STRANGE LOYALTIES * 'Sets a stunningly high standard' - Guardian on LAIDLAW"
William McIlvanney is one of Scotland's foremost writers whose award-winning novels include LAIDLAW, DOCHERTY, which won the Whitbread Award for Fiction, THE PAPERS OF TONY VEITCH, THE BIG MAN, which was made into a film starring Liam Neeson, STRANGE LOYALTIES, and THE KILN. He has also published a volume of short stories, WALKING WOUNDED, three books of poetry and a collection of essays and journalism, SURVIVING THE SHIPWRECK. He lives in Glasgow.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340657379 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340657375 |
| Title | Weekend |
| Author | William Mcilvanney |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2006-08-10 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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