A Subtle Sadness - Couverture souple

Jamieson, Sandy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1901514048 ISBN 13 : 9781901514049

Editeur : Ringwood Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

“A Subtle Sadness is a rigorous exploration of Scottish Identity and the impact on it of the key Scottish obsessions of politics, football, religion, sex and alcohol.” A Subtle Sadness is a rich multi-layered tapestry covering a century of Scottish social, cultural and political highlights, with disasters and triumphs aplenty, culminating in Glasgow’s emergence in 1990 as European City of Culture. A Subtle Sadness focuses on the family and personal history of Frank Hunter, a sad Scotsman with a self-destruct streak enormous even by normal West of Scotland male standards. Frank Hunter is a product of Scotland’s unique contribution to mixed marriage, with a Protestant father and Catholic mother. A man of considerable talents, in both football and politics, he brings a peculiarly Scottish approach to the application of those talents. A Subtle Sadness is the story of a 100 year fight for Scottish Home Rule, from 1890 to 1990, as told by Mary Ewing, active in Scottish politics since 1910. Among the events covered in the novel are the Scottish Convention of 1948; four key Gorbals By Elections, 1908, 1948, 1969 and 1982; the 1979 Devolution Referendum victory defeat debacle; and the impact of Thatcherism on Scotland’s industrial base. It embraces the Gorbals Monster Hunt; the desegregation of Glasgow University Union; service in the Tartan Army and the death in action of Jock Stein; and love, marriage and relationships in modern Scotland. The book covers the Ibrox Disaster of 1971; the less fatal disasters of Wembley 1961 and Argentina 1978; and the triumphs of Lisbon 1967, Wembley 1967, Barcelona 1972 and West Germany 1974. Frank Hunter’s story is a memorable and haunting one. Yet although A Subtle Sadness is a reflection on sadness, and depression, and the Scottish male capacity for self-destruction, it is ultimately an uplifting account of the Scottish capacity for positive thought and deed.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sandy Jamieson was born in Glasgow and still lives there, after spells in Ayrshire, Fife and Spain. He was a senior Social Work Manager with Strathclyde Regional Council, as Assistant Director, Children and Families. He left in 1991 to become a writer, producing Own Goal, a book about football player Graeme Souness, and the first draft of A Subtle Sadness, before returning to social work. He became Chief Executive of Includem, an organisation dedicated to providing intensive support and supervision to Scotland's most troubled and troublesome young people, work for which he received an OBE in 2008. He was actively involved in Who Cares? Scotland, an organisation for young people in care, for 25 years, mostly as President. In 2007 he retired from Includem and went to Spain to write books about the miracle of Villarreal CF and the new model of football relationships developed by the Celtic Submari in Vila-real. He returned to Glasgow in 2011 to concentrate on writing the three separate books that will constitute Own Goal, the Frank Hunter trilogy, a game of three halves. He has coped, just, with being a Clyde supporter all his life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ringwood Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1901514048
• ISBN 13: 9781901514049
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 514
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible