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Xenophobe's Guide to the Scots

Paperback • 2008 • English

Xenophobe's Guide to the Scots

By David Ross

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About the book

Innate instincts A Scotsman likes to feel that, almost by instinct, he could guddle a trout (palm it out of the water) or gralloch a deer (disembowel it with his knife), even if he spends his day driving a bus or designing software. A kilty cover-up If the Scots were to shed their seriousness, they would be noisier than the Neapolitans and wilder than the dancing Dervishes. Their reserve is not a defense against the rest of the world: it is a protective cover, like the lid of a nuclear reactor...Show more

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ISBN

9781906042479

Publisher

Oval Books

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Xenophobe's Guide to the Scots

Format

Paperback

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