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Powerful and unforgettable, Robin Jenkins' masterpiece is a haunting story of love and violence, and an investigation of class-conflict, war and envy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43206090588338,"sku":"9780857862358","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780857862358.jpg?v=1786015743"},{"product_id":"9780862413101","title":"Fergus Lamont","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Half Scotland sniggered and the other half scowled, when in letters to the \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eGlasgow Herald\u003c\/i\u003e,  I put forward my suggestion that prisoners in Scottish jails be allowed  to wear their kilts as their national birthright if such be their  wish.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his origins as an illegitimate child in the slums of  Glasgow, Fergus Lamont sets out to reclaim his inheritance and to  remake his identity as soldier, poet and would-be aristocrat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering  the years from the turn of the century to the Second World War,  Fergus's unforgettable voice recounts a tale of vanity, success and  betrayal which shines its own sardonic light on Scotland and the  cultural and political issues of the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt odds with his  origins and unsettled in his aristocratic pretensions, Fergus Lamont  reaches middle age before he is offered at least the hope of redemption  in a love affair with an island woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow it turns out and what  he learns too late, adds a tragic dimension to the scathing humour of  this, Robin Jenkins's most searching exploration of the modern Scottish  psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295084556661,"sku":"9780862413101","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780862413101_bc7744b3-df7a-4d3e-a819-9614a217a45a.jpg?v=1786016508"},{"product_id":"9781786893994","title":"The Changeling","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirteen-year-old Tom Curdie, the product of a Glasgow slum, is on probation for theft. His teachers admit that he is clever, but only one, Charlie Forbes, sees something in Tom and his seemingly insolent smile. 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Langrigg, with its clipped hedges and clipped vowels, prides itself on order, cleanliness and calm. But as 800 children and their mothers arrive, tensions rise, and the village must reckon with the realities of war, class and community. In the upheaval that follows, unlikely bonds are forged, and a fractured community learns to meet hardship with resilience - and a grace it never knew it had.   This reprint of Robin Jenkins's classic includes an introduction from IWM, placing the novel in its historical context and shedding light on the wartime experience of ordinary families uprooted by conflict. Jenkins's characters are not heroic, nor exceptional, but they endure. In the face of disruption and division, they find ways to come together, quietly embodying the resilience that defined a generation.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490100289909,"sku":"9781911748083","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781911748083.jpg?v=1786441992"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-robin-jenkins.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}