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14%OFFGallagher, Cailean, Westwell, Amy, Scothorne, Rory - Roch Winds: A Treacherous Guide to the State of Scotland - 9781910745588 - V9781910745588
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Roch Winds: A Treacherous Guide to the State of Scotland

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Description for Roch Winds: A Treacherous Guide to the State of Scotland Paperback. This darkly humorous book dissects the rise of the SNP and the fall of Labour during the months leading up to 2014 Independence Referendum and beyond.

Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.

Did Scotland’s rough wind become something more after the referendum, as so many hoped it would, or did it blow itself out? What power can pessimism have in a nation of newfound self-confidence?

A generation ago, the socialist poet Hamish Henderson forecast that ‘mair nor a roch wind’ - more than a rough wind - would rush through the great glen of the world as empires and nations collapsed. In Roch Winds, three young radicals pick through the rubble left in the wake of the storm that propelled the Scottish National Party into a position of unprecedented political ... Read more

This darkly humorous book dissects the rise of the SNP and the fall of Labour during the months leading up to 2014 Independence Referendum and beyond. Drawing on their involvement in the Yes campaign for independence and the Labour Party, the authors cast their eyes to Scotland’s future and to radical horizons. Fluent, funny and full of fighting talk, this book is for everyone who has ever wondered what lies behind the tartan curtain of Scotland’s new establishment.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910745588
SKU
V9781910745588
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Gallagher, Cailean, Westwell, Amy, Scothorne, Rory
Rory (24), Amy (23) and Cailean (25) form the Roch Wind Collective. They have been writing together since 2013, and have left few stones unturned in their attacks on every aspect of the Scottish Establishment. Cailean studied at Oxford University, where he founded the Oxford Left Review, before working as a Labour and trade union organiser ... Read more

Reviews for Roch Winds: A Treacherous Guide to the State of Scotland
An engagingly original challenge to received wisdom, be it left or right, nationalist or unionist. – David Torrance Scotland needs this book like a hole in the head. – Colin Kidd

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