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Just Duffy
Robin Jenkins
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Description for Just Duffy
Paperback.
In writing Just Duffy, a novel set amidst the urban decay of Lanarkshire, Robin Jenkins has created a modern-day Confession of a Justified Sinner. Convinced of his own rectitude, appalled at the moral squalor around him, Duffy declares war on society. Ridiculous, yet horrifying at the same time, his campaign builds to a terrifying conclusion. Beset with ambiguity, Duffy is a ferocious indictment of Calvinistic moral certainty, of a struggle for good which results in only evil and destruction. The deeply ironic title bears witness to the mismatch of Duffy's aspiration against his ... Read more
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Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780862415518
SKU
V9780862415518
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Ref
99-29
About Robin Jenkins
Robin Jenkins was born in Cambuslang in 1912 and spent his childhood in Lanarkshire. He was educated at Hamilton Academy and Glasgow University, graduating in 1935 with an Honours degree in English. He married in 1937 and worked as a school teacher in Glasgow and Dunoon for a number of years. He had three children. His ... Read more
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