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A battle lost. A daring escape. A long walk into obscurity. The
ultimate failure.... In the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of
Culloden, a lonely figure takes flight with a small band of
companions through the islands and mountains of the Hebrides. His
name is Charles Edward Stuart: better known today as Bonnie Prince
Charlie. He had come to the country to take the throne. Now he is
leaving in exile and abject defeat. In prose that is by turns
poetic, comic, macabre, haunting and humane, multi- award-winning
author Alan Warner traces the frantic last journey through Scotland
of a man who history will come to define for his failure.
'One of our finest writers' Michael Moorcock 'Alan Warner is one of
our best living writers' Jenni Fagan It's the late 70s: the country
is on the cusp of the arrival of Margaret Thatcher as Prime
Minister, and Marko Morrell, guitarist in Fear Taker, is one of the
biggest rock stars on the planet. His 'demanding' lifestyle means
he is frequently in absentia at Kitchenly Mill Race, his idyllic
country retreat; and so it is his butler (or 'help'), Crofton Park,
who is charged with the maintenance and housekeeping of the
rambling Tudorbethan gaff. When, one day, two young girls arrive
looking for Marko clutching their copies of Fear Taker LPs, Crofton
finds himself on a romantic misadventure involving a soiled carpet,
a bed of roses, a classic car and a fine pair of stockings. All of
which leads to the tragi-comic unravelling of the fantasies he has
been living by. A novel about delusional male behaviour, opening
and closing curtains, (a lack of) self-awareness, loneliness and
'getting it together in the country', Kitchenly 434 is a
magnificent novel about the Golden Age of Rock in the bucolic
English countryside.
As a child Iain Crichton Smith was raised speaking Gaelic on the
island of Lewis. At school in Stornoway he spoke English. Like many
islanders before and since, his culture was divided: two languages
and two histories entailing exile. His divided perspective
delineated the tyranny of history and religion, of the cramped life
of small communities, and gave him a compassionate eye for the
struggle of women and men in a world defined by denials. After the
Dance proves that big themes - love, history, power, submission,
death - can be addressed without the foil of irony and acquire
resonance when given a local habitation and a voice that risks
pure, humane, impassioned speech. This updated edition includes the
story 'Home'
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The Seal Club (Paperback)
Alan Warner, Irvine Welsh, John King
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It is off-season in a remote Highland sea port: twenty-one-year-old
Morvern Callar, a low-paid employee in the local supermarket, wakes
one morning to find her strange boyfriend has committed suicide and
is dead on their kitchen floor. Morvern's laconic reaction is both
intriguing and immoral. What she does next is even more
appalling... WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD
'One of our finest writers' Michael Moorcock 'Alan Warner is one of
our best living writers' Jenni Fagan Kitchenly 434 is set in a
sprawling Tudorbethan mansion in Sussex, Kitchenly Mill Race, on
the cusp of the arrival of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister. In
some ways, the last days of an Age of Innocence. Marko Morrell,
guitarist in Fear Taker, is one of the biggest rock stars in the
world. His demanding lifestyle means he is frequently in absentia
at Kitchenly, his idyllic country retreat, and so it is his butler
(or 'help'), Crofton Clark, who is charged with the maintenance and
housekeeping. When, one day, two young girls arrive looking for
Marko clutching their copies of Fear Taker LPs, Crofton finds
himself on a romantic misadventure which leads to the tragi-comic
unravelling of the fantasies he has been living by. A novel about
delusional male behaviour, opening and closing curtains,
self-awareness, loneliness and 'getting it together in the
country', Kitchenly 434 is a magnificent novel about the Golden Age
of Rock in the bucolic English countryside.
Finally, a brilliant exploration of the German rock band Can's 1971
album Tago Mago. This hugely unique and influential album deserves
close analysis from a fan, rather than a musicologist. Novelist
Alan Warner details the concrete music we hear on the album, how it
was composed, executed and recorded--including the history of the
album in terms of its release, promotion and art work. This tale of
Tago Mago is also the tale of a young man obsessed with record
collecting in the dark and mysterious period of pop music before
Google. Warner includes a backtracking of the history of the band
up to that point and also some description of Can's unique
recording approach taking into account their home studio set up.
Interviews with the two surviving members: drummer Jaki Liebezeit,
keyboardist Irmin Schmidt and bassist Holger Czukay make this a
hilariously personal and illuminating picture of Can.
High up in the Conrad Flats that loom bleakly over Acton, two
future stars of the literary scene - or so they assume - are hard
at work, tapping out words of wit and brilliance between ill-paid
jobs writing captions for the Cat Calendar 1985 and blurbs for
trashy novels with titles like Brothel of the Vampire. Just
twenty-one but already well entrenched in a life eked out on dole
payments, pints and dollops of porridge and pasta, Llewellyn and
Cunningham don't have it too bad: a pub on the corner, a
misdirected parental allowance, and the delightful company of
Aoife, Llewellyn's model fiancee, mother of his young baby - and
the woman of Cunningham's increasingly vivid dreams. Alan Warner's
superb new novel sees the author of Morvern Callar at the top of
his game.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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Our Ladies (Paperback)
Alan Warner
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The choir from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School for Girls is being bussed to the national finals in the big, big city. It's an important day for The Sopranos, with pub-crawling, shoplifting and body-piercing being the top priorities. And with a newly anchored nuclear sub in the bay, the Man Trap disco will be full of submariners on shore-leave tonight. There is no time for delays – or even for winning…
But after the fifth bottle of alco-pop on the bus it's clear that all is not going to plan, for anyone. The Sopranos are never going to be the same.
The choir from our Lady of Perpetual Succour School for Girls is being bussed to the national finals in the big, big city. And it's an important day for the Sopranos - Orla, Kylah, (Ra)Chell, Amanda Konky and Fionnula (the Cooler) - pub-crawling, shoplifting and body-piercing being the top priorities. Then it's time to lose that competition - lose, because a nuclear sub has just anchored in the bayand, tonight, the Man Trap disco will be full of submariners on shore-leave. There is no time for delays... But after the fifth bottleof alco-pop up the back of the bus it's clear that all is not going to plan, for anyone. The Sopranos are never going to be the same.
Children of Albion Rovers is the best-selling and critically
acclaimed collection of novellas that features six of the most
exciting young writers to emerge from Scotland in the 90s:
award-winning authors Irvine Welsh, Alan Warner, Gordon Legge, and
James Meek and introducing the striking new talents of Laura Hird
and Paul Reekie. Children of Albion Rovers is a world of
tripped-out crematorium attendants (Alan Warner), vengeful
traffic-wardens (James Meek), born-again vinyl junkies (Gordon
Legge), and teenage girls who sexually humiliate their teachers
(Laura Hird). Also included are Paul Reekie's fictional account of
ideals betrayed, and Irvine Welsh's first ever sci-fi story,
featuring alien space casuals wreaking havoc through the known
universe. The resulting mix is intoxicating to say the least.
Winner of the James Tait Black Fiction Prize For 16-year-old Simon
Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with
school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he
is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and
girlfriends. When Simon falls for the ethereal, aristocratic Varie,
he finds freedom and adventure but will it be at a price? Too
'posh' for the railways, too 'working class' for Varie, Simon must
navigate what it means to be a man as his world is turned upside
down.
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you worry that lack of attention to this crucial aspect of
financial management could lead to disaster for your business?
Improve your Cash Flow, written by two leading financial experts,
will help employers, managers and consultants to understand more
about how to manage cash flow and how it can impact on your
business. Whether you are working at home, a growing business or a
non-financial manager this book will guide you easily through all
the issues, providing practical advice on why cash is king,
including why businesses go bust; why profit is not cash, how to
deal with creditors and debtors; using supplier credit as a source
of finance; debtors and cash collection; financial planning and
sources of funding; the pros and cons of debt finance, using your
bank effectively and much more. Improve your Cash Flow includes:
Chapter 1: Why 'cash is king'? Chapter 2: Profit and cash flow
Chapter 3: The impact of the business model Chapter 4: Key
decisions and start-up time Chapter 5: Cash flow planning Chapter
6: Sources of funding Chapter 7: Controlling capital expenditure
Chapter 8: Debtors and cash collection Chapter 9: Managing stock
levels Chapter 10: Using supplier credit as a source of finance
Chapter 11: Alternative routes to financing Chapter 12: Formats for
cash flow reporting Chapter 13: Recruting financial expertise
Chapter 14: Using your bank effectively Chapter 15: 'Cash is king'
Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and added
features: Not got much time? One, five and ten-minute introductions
to key principles to get you started. Author insights Lots of
instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based
on the authors' many years of experience. Test yourself Tests in
the book and online to keep track of your progress. Extend your
knowledge Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding
of setting up your own small business. Five things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. Try this
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use
it.
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