{"product_id":"9781917764209-ossians","title":"The Ossians","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe gritty, darkly funny cult novel from one of Scotland's finest authors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA last-chance winter road trip for a Scottish band spirals into wild chaos – seagull massacres, bomb tests, and darkly funny rock'n'roll madness on the edge. A raw, darkly funny novel by one of Scotland's finest authors – newly reissued!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANNIVERSARY EDITION with an INTRODUCTION BY VAL MCDERMID\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA last-chance winter road trip for a Scottish band spirals into wild chaos – seagull massacres, bomb tests, and darkly funny rock’n’roll madness on the edge. A raw, darkly funny novel by one of Scotland’s finest authors – newly reissued!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANNIVERSARY EDITION with an INTRODUCTION BY VAL McDERMID\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A drug-fuelled, counterclockwise state-of-the-nation rock ’n’ roll tour captures where we were at better than any modern novel I’ve read’ — \u003cb\u003eIrvine Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A powerful and moving commentary on the country and its defining myths’ — \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘One of the most vital books about modern Scotland – our landscape, culture, identity, myths and lies – of the twenty-first century. And despite the dinge, debauchery and danger, it's still a joy to tour with the band’ — \u003cb\u003eCallum McSorley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Packed with seedy, sticky bars, sullen punters and morose reflections in deteriorating weather, there is an atmospheric beauty to \u003ci\u003eThe Ossians\u003c\/i\u003e’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e___\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnor is twenty-four: brilliant, broken, and out of control. He’s the swaggering frontman of \u003ci\u003eThe Ossians\u003c\/i\u003e, a Scottish indie band on the brink of signing a major record deal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesperate to make their mark, they set off on a two-week winter tour across Scotland’s cities and hinterlands — a last-ditch attempt to find fame, purpose, and themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the tour soon spirals into a surreal, chaotic odyssey. From seedy bars and snowbound towns to a final, defining Glasgow gig, the band hurtles through a whirlwind of seagull massacres, botched drug deals, a mysterious stalker, radioactive beaches, bomb-testing ranges, epileptic fits, riotous Russian submariners, deadly storms, epiphanies, regular beatings and random shootings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaw, darkly funny and wild with energy, \u003ci\u003eThe Ossians\u003c\/i\u003e is a gloriously anarchic story of rock’n’roll obsession, national identity and self-destruction — and what it means to belong: in a band, in a country, in a life unravelling at speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e___\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The authentic ring of a man who’s been there’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Johnstone is good at describing the excitement, boredom, sniping and bonhomie of a touring band at the transit-van end of the career arc’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A blast’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘So exhilaratingly authentic, you can hear the chords and smell the vomit’ — \u003cb\u003eChristopher Brookmyre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A gripping, compelling road trip around modern Scotland’ — \u003cb\u003eNiall Griffiths\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This is \u003ci\u003eThis Is Spinal Tap\u003c\/i\u003e for Scotland’s lost generation. Johnstone has taken a small story of a small band lost in a small country and created an epic’ — \u003cb\u003eEwan Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Entertains in the uncharted corners of an unseen Scotland’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eList\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Doug Johnstone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Tense, funny and deeply moving’ — \u003cb\u003eMark Billingham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Nobody portrays modern Edinburgh better than Doug Johnstone … speaks volumes about the power of story’ — \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘An engrossing and beautifully written tale that bears all the Doug Johnstone hallmarks in its warmth and darkly comic undertones’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerald Scotland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Wonderful characters: flawed, funny and brave’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Gripping and blackly humorous’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A must for those seeking strong, authentic, intelligent female protagonists’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This enjoyable mystery is also a touching and often funny portrayal of grief . more, please’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Some of the most unique characters in crime fiction’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Underlines just how accomplished Johnstone has become’ — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57599077843318,"sku":"9781917764209","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40640483.jpg?v=1775734375","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781917764209-ossians","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}