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BEST COMIC TRAVELOGUE BY ONE OF DAVE GORMAN'S PALS
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Yes Man
Danny Wallace
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you said 'yes' to absolutely everything? Having been dumped by his girlfriend. Danny Wallace decided that he had no reason to say 'no' to anyone again. Watch as he becomes an inventOr. minor TV personality and peace activist.
Thu 7 Jul, published by Ebury.
BEST SCOTTISH RELATIONSHIP TALE Nobody Loves a
Ginger Baby
Laura Marney
The follow-up to No Wonder I Take a Drink has Glasgow author Laura Marney in
dizzying form with a bunch of
pals who are unnaturally happy. But the gleeful group is upset when a few tragic
events come calling and love (not anti-depressants) looks like saving the day. Louise Welsh is a big fan.
Thu 7 Jul, published by Black Swan.
BEST RUSSIAN EPIC BY ONE OF THE CHILDREN OF ALBION ROVERS The People's Act
of Love
James Meek
Set in 1919 Siberia. this tale by the London-born. Dundee-bred foreign correspondent has already been acclaimed by the diverse likes of kids' author Philip Pullman. best-selling historian Antony Beev0r and arch surrealist Alan Warner.
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PEOPLE’S ACT 01‘ LOVE
Passion. politics. fundamentalism. flesh-eating and even a bit of castration: it's all in there in this contemporary table set within one of the most extreme regions on this blasted earth.
Thu 7 Jul, published by Canongate.
BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION TO READ WITH THE TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED THEME TUNE PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND
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Mick Jackson
Planted SOrnev.he'e itl‘ “ the gothic and sari-eats? landscapes of Ed (5010', Roald Dahl, Booker noininated Jackson gin: a series of COllt£}l‘-ll."_,"éil -. fables. peopled by or. iril 2.8::
and eccentrics. l‘lnt rm' . " '
the feint of heart. Thu 7 Jul. pubis/fell l‘l Faber.
BEST SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY The Italian Secretary Caleb Carr
At the invitation of the 'v‘
Doyge ESIaIe, Illglngal ll... writer Caleb Carr has in.
a New adventure to“ Hi)!" oz:
and Watson. Vt-he'; (:(7:y'~~‘<?‘1 start turning up at Holy -«. ~ 'l Palace. the pair see a livil between these guioso'rw events and a vicious. slat. r 'i
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BEST MUSIC MEMOIR/ TECHNOLOGY BIBLE iPod, Therefore I Am . a? a. (-7-? l I 47"“); :l *‘ii. /\i'<:' His (I'fi-f't'il v ‘ Q'E-mlrrors a biography of final hendrlx
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BEST NAUGHTY SCOTTISH DEBUT The Last Book You Read and Other Stories
Ewan Morrison
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BEST BIOGRAPHY OF A DEAD MUSO Room Full of Mirrors Charles R Cross
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As the votes pile in for the 100 Best Scottish Books of all Time, frontrunners are
emerging in the race for the number one slot. Brian Donaldson gets his abacus out.
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1 Sunset Song
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4 The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
5 Trainspotting: .
6 An Oidhche Mus Do Sheol Sinn (The night before we sailed)
7 The Silver Darlings: .
8 The Wasp Factory: . '-.' i-T - ~r
9 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; . " '1'
10 Kidnapped