The Vintage Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction

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Originally published as: The Picador book of contemporary Scottish fiction. London : Picador, 1997.
Part one: When Shankland comes / Agnes Owens -- from In the middle of the wood / Iain Crichton Smith -- Mary and the seal / Duncan Williamson -- from After Colette / Joan Lingard -- My childhood / Bill Douglas -- from Lanark / Alasdair Gray -- Fade / Jeff Torrington -- At the bar / William McIlvanney -- In the bare lands / Allan Massie -- A monk's tail / Stanley Robertson -- Original sin / John Herdman -- from Lights below / Carl MacDougall -- Political piano / Douglas Dunn -- from It might have been Jerusalem / Honest / Tom Leonard -- from Cells of knowledge / Sian Hayton -- from Busconductor Hines / James Kelman.
Part two: Phyllis Marlowe: only diamonds are forever / Liz Lochhead -- There's tradition for you / Alison Fell -- from A sparrow's flight / Margaret Elphinstone -- Undue haste / Liz Heron -- Brilliant / Alan Spence -- from Electric brae / Andrew Greig -- from A very quiet street / Frank Kuppner -- Not about the kids / Brian McCabe -- La plume de ma tante / Ronald Frame -- All the little loved ones / Dilys Rose -- from Dreams of sex and stage diving / Martin Millar -- Seven Magpies / Candia McWilliam -- from Trick is to keep breathing / Janice Galloway -- from Bridge / Iain Banks -- Watch out, the world's behind you / Joseph Mills.
Part three: from Trainspotting / Irvine Welsh -- Last black hoose / Robert Alan Jamieson -- Deep hole / Ian Rankin -- from Pfitz / Andrew Crumey -- from Trumpet / Jackie Kay -- Life on a Scottish Council Estate Vol.I / Gordon Legge -- Get lost / James Meek -- Unthinkable happens to people every day / Ali Smith -- Farmer's wife / Frank Shon -- Hours of darkness / Duncan McLean -- Incidents on the road / Bridget Penney -- Man who walks / Alan Warner -- from Looking for the possible dance / A.L. Kennedy -- St. Andrew's day / Mark Fleming -- Glass cheques / Andrew O'Hagan.

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