Children of Albion Rovers (Rebel Inc. Classics) - Softcover

Hird, Laura; Reekie, Paul; Meek, James; Legge, Gordon; Warner, Alan; Welsh, Irvine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0862417317 ISBN 13: 9780862417314

Publisher: Canongate Books, 2001

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"A raw display of life on the edge." --"Kirkus Reviews"

"Brutal, funny stuff." --"Booklist"

"Brutal, funny stuff." "Booklist""

"Araw display of life on the edge." "Kirkus Reviews""

"Brutal, funny stuff." --Booklist

"A raw display of life on the edge." --Kirkus Reviews

Book Description:

A collection of novellas from six talented writers who emerged from Scotland in the 1990s

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0862417317
• ISBN 13: 9780862417314
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240