McMillan's Galloway :A Creative Guide by an Unreliable Local
McMillan's Galloway :A Creative Guide by an Unreliable Local
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Published:
11 April, 2023
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Description
McMillan's Galloway, a witty and irreverent look at contemporary Dumfries and Galloway, provides a suitably individualistic snapshot of a place which operated for so long as an independent entity completely separate from its neighbours, Scotland and England. McMillan takes us on a rollicking tour from the Mull of Galloway to Langholm, through land once shrouded in myth and populated by warriors, emigrants, fairies and liars, rooting out the truth and the fiction and frequently confusing them.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781913025533 |
| ISBN10 | 1913025535 |
| Number Of Pages | 312 |
| Item Weight | 200 g |
| Product Dimensions | 138 x 180 x 30 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Luath Press Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | 2nd edition |
Media Reviews
WRITER Hugh McMillan has brought together a collection of irreverent stories about Dumfries and Galloway in the book just published by Luath Press "McMillan's Galloway". In it he tells of the Dumfries local, famous for being an excellent fishermen who was notoriously poor at having permits for it, being asked in the pub if he could secure a large salmon for someone willing to pay him for it. THE HERALD
Although this unconventional guidebook is irreverent in tone, it's clear that McMillan's feelings for Galloway run deep. And we're sure yours will too, after joining MacMillan on this witty and whimsical tour of his homeland. SCOTLAND MAGAZINE
One could say that McMillan’s Galloway is an Encyclopaedia in the same way that the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a travel book. His Galloway is less a geographic than an imaginary space, an imagined place more like, built on and in dialogue with perspectives borrowed from those who have written, drawn, filmed or simply visited it in the past. ALISTAIR FINDLAY
spent two weeks searching for a zeppelin base near new Galloway. I am deeply disappointed by the research that has gone into this book. TONY BARBOUR
A sort of public transport road movie, where mostly it is raining and the narrator not in good shape. ANDREW GRIEG
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Author's Bio
Hugh McMillan is a poet and writer from south-west Scotland who has been published and anthologised widely. An award winner in competitions including the Smith/Doorstep Pamphlet Prize, the Callum MacDonald Prize and the Cardiff International Poetry Competition, he has also been shortlisted for the Michael Marks Prize, the Basil Bunting Poetry Award and the Bridport Prize.