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Description for Scots We Ken
Hardcover. Encompassing the Whisky Bore, the Culture Vultures, the Country Craftswoman and the Rugby Fans, this collection of Scottish stereotypes contains Bob Dewar's mocking caricatures and observations. Illustrator(s): Dewar, Bob. Num Pages: 64 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; WH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 410.
Natives know them. Visitors soon get to know them. Some, like the Golf Club Captain, the Last Publican and the Nippy Sweetie, are endangered species; others, like the Whisky Bore and the Munrobagger, are enduring figures on the Scottish landscape. Every generation produces its own variations on the Scottish character and it doesn't take long for the newcomers to become familiar social types like the MSP, the Yooni Yah, the Rural Commuter and the Celebrity Chieftain. Most Scots, if they're honest, will recognise a little bit of themselves in one or other of thes mischievous and ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906307004
SKU
9781906307004
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Julie Davidson
Julie Davidson has had a long, varied and award-winning career in Scottish and UK journalism. She was a staff writer and columnist on The Scotsman, a columnist and critic on The Herald, for whom she won five Scottish Press Awards. She has also contributed to leading London-based newspapers and magazines including The Times, TheObserver, The Daily Telegraph, Cosmopolitan and House ... Read more
Reviews for Scots We Ken
The Scots Julie Davidson kens is a triumph of canny Scots-watching. Here for the first time is the famous Davidson wry take on the foibles and pretensions of the sub-species Scotus Domesticus won from years of anthropological field work and now distilled into sharp witty draughts complemented by Bob Dewar's incisively drawn portraits. - MURRAY GRIGOR, Film-maker.