Jimmy Swan is a wonderfully entertaining collection of stories, allowing the reader a marvellous insight into daily life in the west of Scotland at the turn of the century. Each story is brimful of local and period detail and the editors have provided a full set of notes explaining those historical, cultural, biographical, linguistic and geographical references which allow the twenty-first century reader to appreciate in full these gems from one of Scotland’s greatest writers. In addition a full introduction is given, setting these Glasgow tales in their context and providing information about their author, Neil Munro.
A native of Inveraray, Munro was a journalist by profession and for many years was the editor of the Glasgow Evening News. He is best known for his comic tales about Para Handy, but he also produced a number of historical and contemporary novels, as well as poetry and non-fiction.
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