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Scottish author Jim Murdoch discusses writing, his own and other authors, and muses at length about his fascination with the perversity of language. Veering from the nostalgic to the acerbic his blog will amuse anyone with a love of language.

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  • Under Control

    Posted on Wednesday July 16th, 2008 at 03:04 in book review, mark mcnay

    A few weeks ago, and a year late, I posted a review of Mark McNay's debut novel, Fresh, and I had no problem recommending the book. So you can imagine my delight when an advance copy of his second novel, Under Control, dropped though my letterbox a f...

  • Buy Fresh

    Posted on Sunday February 10th, 2008 at 08:45 in fresh, scottish writing, a l kennedy, scottish book of the year, mark mcnay

    A lot of attention was given to the Scottish Book of the Year winner, A L Kennedy, for her novel, Day, and I am sure deservedly so, but I never heard a peep about the Scottish First Book of the Year: Mark McNay's Fresh.Canongate, the publisher, very ...