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Jack and the Devil's Purse

Jack and the Devil's Purse

by Duncan Williamson (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

    $23.63
Synopsis

Devil stories are always fascinating, entertaining and disturbing. These twenty tales, re-told by one of Scotland's master storytellers, are a fascinating insight into Traveller beliefs about evil, temptation and suffering in which the Devil exists not to punish, but to outwit you in a contest of intelligence and knowledge. This collection is an expanded edition of Duncan Williamson's best-selling May the Devil Walk Behind Ye!, originally published by Canongate.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 216
 Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 01 May 2011
ISBN 10: 1841589519
ISBN 13: 9781841589510

Media Reviews
Duncan is a first-class storyteller' - Northern Times 'An important part of our heritage to be treasured and shared' - Scottish Home and Country 'Superbly handled, as you would expect from this acknowledged master of storytelling'- The Scots Magazine
Author Bio
With over ten books to his name, Duncan Williamson was one of the last, best-known of Scotland's traveller storytellers. The son, grandson and great grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers, he became known as one of the world's finest oral story-tellers, with over 3,000 stories committed to memory. He died in November 2007.