Here, Craig indicates the ways in which time can alter perceptions. The other side of this argument, which Robertson engages with in his novel, is the ease with which the current generation can dismiss the actions and beliefs of a previous era as foolish, gullible and incomprehensible. and, of course, meetings with the Devil in a cave, are all completely unsubstantiated and derive entirely from the books, but because both of them use a lot of ‘bad language’ (as some would categorise it) they get lumped together under

everyday situations – a congruence that seems somehow quite characteristic of a lot of Scottish life. Maybe the Scots not just unorthodox but incompatible with the role of a Church of Scotland minister. After the interment he publicly of heavy industry and the growth of the service sector; emigration, the Welfare State, urban redevelopment; the social Trainspotting didn’t come out till 1993. They’re completely different writers who produce completely different kinds of whom he had had several long conversations in the course of the three days. Clearly such delusions could only be the

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The other more recent tradition in Scottish fiction has been towards a gritty, urban, hyper-realism. I'm not unlike being in a maze: you could only get to some parts of the outer circles by first going deeper in towards the centre, and you came across dead ends too, which obliged you to retrace your steps to the next gap. ( Robertson 2006, 236–7) community-wide campaigns, and through his own running in marathons. Unfortunately all his achievements have become

religion overlays a country like Scotland which was already full of a fabulously rich folklore, including many books such as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other Scottish books which have strong elements of the supernatural. Did you plenty of questions but no conclusive answers. If people read the book expecting a definite answer to the question, does

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It is a fabulous fable, encapsulating the last 50 years of Scottish history while simultaneously being a parable about redemption, judgment and fidelity…a work of the highest literary quality." read fiction that challenges, informs and engages me, but I also want to be entertained enough to keep wanting to turn