{"product_id":"eavesdropping-on-myself-an-outsiders-boyhood-in-glasgow-paperback","title":"Eavesdropping on Myself: An Outsider's Boyhood in Glasgow - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNorman MacLean\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEavesdropping on Myself\u003c\/i\u003e, Norman chronicles his boyhood in Glasgow and explores the push-pull of two cultures: working-class Glaswegian and first-generation Hebridean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Norman Maclean at his best - by turns sharp, funny and melancholic. The original lad o' pairts, Maclean has a literary voice shaped, but never confined, by the places and languages of his youth. \u003ci\u003eEavesdropping on Myself\u003c\/i\u003e finds him picking over his childhood with an unsparing eye. We knew he was a master storyteller; only now are we getting the measure of his own story. No reader could forget it. - \u003cb\u003eFraser MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorman Maclean is one of the most resonant voices inScotland. With one voice he articulates the tangled dualities of Scottish experience today: of tradition and modernity, highland and lowland, rural and urban, working class and middle class, local and worldly. His perspective straddles different classes, different languages and different lives, at once divided and unifi ed. If Norman is speaking, then we should be listening. - \u003cb\u003eJamie Chambers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Maclean \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Glasgow in December 1936 to Hebridean parents: \u003ci\u003ePeigi Bheag, nighean Thormoid Ailein, \u003c\/i\u003e from \u003ci\u003eCladach a' Bhaile Shear, \u003c\/i\u003e North Uist, and \u003ci\u003eNiall Mòr, mac Iain Eoghainn Ruaidh, \u003c\/i\u003e from 'The Green' on the island of Tiree. Brought up in Glasgow, he was evacuated during the Second World War and spent some of his formative years in both Strathan at the head of Loch Arkaig and in Grìminis, Benbecula. Maclean who is best known as a stand-up comedian, singer and piper, is also an accomplished writer in both English and Gaelic. In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEavesdropping on Myself \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ehe chronicles his boyhood in Glasgow and explores the push-pull of two cultures: working-class Glaswegian and first-generation Hebridean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67551259558136,"sku":"9781907676710","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/GovXPm_wRv9781907676710.webp?v=1790794243","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/eavesdropping-on-myself-an-outsiders-boyhood-in-glasgow-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}