Tom Shields Go Forth

by Tom Shields

This is yet another collection from Tom Shields' column as a diarist from The Herald, before old age and infirmity forces him to early retirement. A compendium of fun, insult, and malapropism, Tom Shields Goes Forth delves irreverently into every aspect of Scottish society. Like the author's newspaper diary, this is a quirky, witty commentary on life as we know it. Casting a scrupulous eye over the humdrum aspects of society that we mere mortals take for granted, Tom Shields revels in the inconsistencies and incongruities—and other longish words—of everyday cultural artifacts.

192 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2000