Little Stories From The Police Courts - Couverture souple

Mitchell, Sandy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845358074 ISBN 13 : 9781845358075

Editeur : D.C.Thomson & Co Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

Sandy Mitchell, the Scottish comedy writing genius who brought us Parliamo Glasgow scripts for Stanley Baxter, created these little stories about minor court cases from Glasgow in the 1950s and 60s with lots of laughs and colourful characters. Author Steve Finan has added translations (not always entirely seriously), social context and a little commentary. This is a comical book, but also a social history of a type of person, a unique city, and a very different era.

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À propos de l'auteur

Steve Finan served 40 years as a Scottish journalist, and in that time made himself an expert on all newspaper content stretching back over the past century. His books reflect the social history of the 1940s to 1970s, telling the stories of ordinary people as they could be seen between the lines when they interacted with newspapers. They wrote to newspaper doctors with health problems, they swapped cooking, cleaning and household tips with each other. They complained, they laughed, they fell out (and the police were called), and they loved a thrifty bargain. They went to the football and rugby, and commiserated and exulted together. Steve's books are shamelessly nostalgic, providing an education for those who don't remember the 1950s and 60s, fond memories for those who do remember, and a thousand talking points to help young and old understand each other's worlds. In the process, Steve has created books full of old-fashioned, home-spun wisdom how to get stains out of tablecloths, how to make good broth, what to do when a wasp stings. Steve is also the author of the bestselling In The Black & White Era library of Scottish sports books, which bring to light images of football, footballers and football grounds that have lain in old newspaper and magazine archives for years. He also writes a weekly newspaper column In Defence of the English Language, fighting the good fight for proper punctuation, gracious grammar, and correct spelling.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: D.C.Thomson & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845358074
• ISBN 13: 9781845358075
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Éditeur: Finan Steve
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• Personne responsable: non disponible