Jeff Torrington

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Jeff Torrington


Born
in Glasgow, Scotland
December 31, 1935

Died
May 11, 2008

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Jeff Torrington was a novelist from Glasgow in Scotland.

His novels draw on the changing face of modern Scotland. Swing Hammer Swing (1992) was set during the demolition of the old Gorbals. It took 30 years to write. The Devil's Carousel (1998) drew on the decline of a fictionalised version of the Rootes/Chrysler car plant at Linwood. Torrington worked there for eight years before the plant's closure.
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Average rating: 3.84 · 402 ratings · 44 reviews · 7 distinct worksSimilar authors
Swing Hammer Swing!

3.89 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 1992 — 17 editions
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DEVIL'S CAROUSEL

3.35 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
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Obsession

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Nothing is Altogether Trivi...

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SWING HAMMER SWING!

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The Devil's Carousel

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The Reckoning: Public Loss ...

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