Böcker av Des Dillon

A collection of short stories from acclaimed Scottish writer, Des Dillon.

A story of boyhood friendship and irrepressible vitality told with the speed of trains and the understanding of the awkwardness, significance and fragility of that time. This is a day in the life of two boys as told by one of them.

A book to make you laugh. A book to make you cry. A book to make you rage against the injustices of the world. A book to make you feel better about it all. Perhaps. Perhaps not.

Encompassing a myriad of characters and their stories, this book provides an emotional and intense insight into the world of alcoholism whilst exploring the themes of revenge and forgiveness.

Caroline's husband abandons her (bad move) for Stacie Gracie, his assistant at the meat counter, and incurs more wrath than he anticipated. Set in present day Irish Catholic Coatbridge, "Six Black Candles" is bound together by the ropes of traditional storytelling and the strength of female familial relationships.

Manny Riley is a recovering alcoholic and struggling scriptwriter with a serious anger management problem. Lately, though, things have started to change for the better. He'll soon find that these things only open up a whole new world of problems he'll have to face up to.

Welcome to Dillon's world; He takes you from the darkness of the illustrated Man and Jif Lemons to the laugh out loud Bunch of c***s. If you're an alchoholic, recovering alcoholic, insane, a policeman, prisoner, gold digger, farmer, animal lover, Scots or Irish Scots you may well recognise yourself somewhere in this book.