My My My Life - by Alasdair Paterson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Alasdair Paterson treats us to a cornucopia of existential titbits - from questions of pirate and Pictish identity to riffs on the twilight years, via an involuntary appearance in a Breughel painting, to the poetic output of a mad king...</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In <em>My My My Life</em> Alasdair Paterson treats us to a cornucopia of existential titbits, real or imaginary - from questions of pirate and Pictish identity to riffs on twilight and the twilight years, via an involuntary appearance in a Breughel painting, the poetic output of a mad king and dinner in a Titanic-themed restaurant. And much more...</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>The smouldering heap throws off some sparks of native wit still, and one can only regret what great things might have been done had the author - at a vulnerable and unreflective age - not been seduced by thetrans-border mirage of adventures with regularly replenished bank deposits, freethinking in humid boudoirs and gaudy acts of worship, happy hours, roads less travelled, regional cheeses, spinsters cycling a wee bit the worse for drink through misty meadows to evensong, to say nothing of those modishly alleged cellular urgings to widen the gene pool... -The West Lothian Presbyter</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>"Beware, Mr Paterson! The <em>Stornoway Puffin</em> has its eye on you!"</p><p>-<em>Stornoway Puffin</em></p><p><br></p>
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