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Carlos Alba

Carlos Alba

Following a 20 year career in journalism Carlos Alba now runs a public relations consultancy, providing communications advice and training to companies and organisations. He spent 10 years at the Sunday Times, including four as Scotland Editor, and has been political editor at the Daily Record and education correspondent at The Herald. He is the winner of five national journalism awards. In 2001 he co-authored with Ron Mackenna Keep the Faith: The Story of Celtic's Historic Treble Winning Season 2000-2001 (Mainstream). His debut novel, Kane's Ladder was published by Polygon in 2008.

 

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Extract from Kane's Ladder

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Kane's Ladder

Kane's Ladder


ISBN: 9781846970474
Category: Literature, Fiction
Author: Carlos Alba
Publication Date: April 2008
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Synopsis:
A funny, touching heart-warming debut novel that will strike a chord with anyone who has been an awkward kid at least once in their life.    

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Kane's Ladder

Kane's Ladder


ISBN: 9781846970993
Category: Fiction
Author: Carlos Alba
Publication Date: April 2010
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Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:

It’s 1975 and Britain is a country in political flux. In Glasgow the dirty old Victorian slums have been razed to the ground, replaced with brand new slums twenty storeys high. Chips are a health food and the very mention of filet mignon would spark a riot on the Govan Road.


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Songs of Manolo Escobar, The

Songs of Manolo Escobar, The


ISBN: 9781846971730
Category: Fiction
Author: Carlos Alba
Publication Date: March 2011
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'Carries real conviction and originality,' - Sunday Times

'A truly original story told in a beguiling and straightforward way,' - Daily Mail


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