I imagined my granny and her friends in post war Glasgow, and my father in law during the miners strike and it really brought it alive to me where my country and her people had come from and how we ended up here today. And the Land Lay Still, By James Robertson (Hamish Hamilton 18.99) '.Whatever else we put faith in will, in the end, betray us or we will betray it. I felt I got so much from it, relating to the people and places. I'd be interested to see how this talks to a non scot. I felt I owed it to the characters to hear their stories to the end and I'm so glad I did. At times i took a break from listening, it felt like hard work in places, especially in part 3, but I was determined to see it through. And the Land Lay Still won the Saltire Society Book of the Year Award. I loved how all the individual stories and lives entwined and crossed paths through life. The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in the year 2006. The characters are all people you care about in time even when you thought you wouldn't, they all have their place. The story telling is superb both moving and laugh out loud funny at times. I know I loved this book as I was genuinely sad when it ended. James Robertson, author of The Testament of Gideon Mack and The Fanatic discusses his latest novel, And the Land Lay Still, with Scotland on Sundays. For anyone interested in how Scotland got to where it is today
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