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Scottish writers talking. [4], Jackie Kay, Allan Massie, Ian Rankin, James Robertson, William (Bill) Watson by Iain Banks; Isobel Murray is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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This is the fourth and final volume in a series begun by Isobel Murray and Bob Tait in 1984. Authors covered in previous volumes include: 1. George Mackay Brown, Jessie Kesson, Norman MacCaig, William McIlvanney, and David Toulmin. 2. Iain Banks, Bernard MacLaverty, Naomi Mitchison, Iain Crichton Smith, Alan Spence. 3. Janice Galloway, John Herdman, Robin Jenkins, Joan Lingard, Ali Smith. "Murray is a fine interviewer as well as an incisive critic, academic and biographer. These aren't the kind of interviews that merely gift-wrap the books under discussion; here she s putting whole careers up for lively discussion, and unless she has read every word she wouldn't dream of pressing the tape recorder's 'on' button. This is one book it would be impossible to read without wanting to re-read at least half a dozen more straight away." David Robinson, The Scotsman "One woman has for several years been circumventing the tired old restrictions and distortions of the formula. Isobel Murray, Honorary Professor in Modern Scottish Literature at Aberdeen University, has been getting writers to talk, at length, on tape ... It is an utterly gripping collection. Because the writers are allowed to ex

Author

Iain Banks; Isobel Murray

Publisher

Kennedy And Boyd

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781904999881