Genre :: Scotland (5 books)

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  #180

  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

  by Muriel Spark

  (5 Reviews)

  109 Points

  "The boys, as they talked to the girls from Marcia Blaine School, stood on the far side of their bicycles holding the handlebars, which established a protective fence of bicycle between the sexes,..."

  

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  #221

  Trainspotting

  by Irvine Welsh

  (5 Reviews)

  91 Points

  "Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low..."

  

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  #273

  The Wasp Factory

  by Iain Banks

  (7 Reviews)

  77 Points

  "I had been making the rounds of the Sacrifice Poles the day we heard my brother had escaped."

  

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  #538

  Waverley

  by Walter Scott

  (2 Reviews)

  17 Points

  "The title of this work has not been chosen without the grave and solid deliberation which matters of importance demand from the prudent."

  

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  #548

  Lanark

  by Alasdair Gray

  (1 Review)

  15 Points

  "The Elite Cafe was entered by a staircase from the foyer of a cinema. "

  

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