Its Colours They are Fine

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Phoenix, 1996 - Scotland - 232 pages
This has become a classic of Glasgow fiction, depicting every aspect of life in the city. Its thirteen interlinked stories vividly evokes the slums and their inhabitants, both the young and old, Catholic and Protestant, the hopeful and the disillusioned.

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About the author (1996)

Alan Spence is an author of poetry, novels, short stories and plays. He was born in Glasgow and is now based in Edinburgh where he and his wife run the Sri Chinmoy Meditation Centre. Alan has received many awards for his writing and is Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen, where he is also the artistic director of the annual Word Festival.

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