Way To Go

by Alan Spence (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $3.27

  A major new novel about the scottish way of death, from one of Glasgow's most accomplished writters. Alan Spence's first book, a volume of stories called its colours thay are fine won him great praise and has remasined in print since first publication, popular in schools and colleges in Scotland for its straightforward but vibrant view of life in the Glasgow vernacular. His long awaited new novel, way to go lifts the lids on the Glasgow undertaking industry and continues his striking, bleaky funny explorations of the themes of spirituality and emotional salvation.

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  Paperback
  1999

  $4.30

  Neil McGraw's childhood is unusual. The son of a dour Scottish undertaker, he regularly finds himself locked among the coffins in the basement. No wonder he becomes obsessed with the question of questions: What happens when you die? Turning is back on the Scottish way of life, Neil sets off to find the answer. But when his father dies, Neil comes home with his Indian wife Lila to turn the family business into something altogether different. They start by changing the company motto from Rest Assured to Way to Go ...