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Jeff Torrington

Born

in Glasgow, Scotland

December 31, 1935

Died

May 11, 2008

Genre

Fiction

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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. ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 402 ratings · 44 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Swing Hammer Swing! 3.89 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 1992 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DEVIL'S CAROUSEL 3.35 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obsession by Sarah Lefanu (Editor), Stephen Hayward (Editor), Michael Carson (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing is Altogether Trivial: An Anthology of Writing from Edinburgh Review by Murdo MacDonald (Editor), Graham Fulton (Contributor), Janice Galloway (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SWING HAMMER SWING! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Reckoning: Public Loss Private Gain: Beyond the Culture City Rip-Off by Farquhar McLay (Editor), James Kelman (Contributor), Alasdair Gray (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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