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Marj Osborne

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“Glasgow was home-made ginger biscuits and Jennifer Lawson dead in the park. It was the sententious niceness of the Commander and the threatened abrasiveness of Laidlaw. It was Milligan, insensitive as a mobile slab of cement, and Mrs Lawson, witless with hurt. It was the right hand knocking you down and the left hand picking you up, while the mouth alternated apology and threat.”
― William McIlvanney

tags: glasgow

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“Gin and catatonic?”
― William McIlvanney, The Papers of Tony Veitch

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“The simplicity of this case offends me. It's so neat, it's like a preconception. One thing you can be sure about any preconception. It's wrong. If there's a God and he tried to preconceive the world, he got it wrong.”
― William McIlvanney, The Papers of Tony Veitch

tags: preconceptions

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“The kinna man woulda got two complimentary tickets for the Titanic.”
― William McIlvanney, The Papers of Tony Veitch

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“From his vantage point in Ruchill Park, Laidlaw looked out over the city. He could see so much of it from here and still it baffled him. ‘What is this place?’ he thought.

A small and great city, his mind answered. A city with its face against the wind. That made it grimace. But did it have to be so hard? Sometimes it felt so hard…It was a place so kind it would batter cruelty into the ground. And what circumstances kept giving it was cruelty. No wonder he loved it. It danced among its own debris. When Glasgow gave up, the world could call it a day.”
― William McIlvanney, The Papers of Tony Veitch

tags: glasgow

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Aquinas College Library Book Club — 26 members — last activity Sep 09, 2013 08:24PM
A place to discuss what we are reading, events happening in the library, and other such related matter.

Goodreads Librarians Group — 300774 members — last activity 3 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Crime & Thriller Group -- Featuring Michael Connelly, Jonathon King, and Kevin O'Brien — 324 members — last activity Apr 26, 2015 01:32PM
Join three grandmasters of the crime writing world as they explore the ins and outs of the genre. This group will be live for one day only. Join us Th ...more

♡ Dragons, Magic and Bananas ♡ — 6 members — last activity Jan 20, 2012 10:08PM
This is practically just a random group for everybody (mainly if you like dragons and magic. Bananas is just a random thing :P). Well - Enjoy! (banana ...more