The Wee Book of Calvin Air-Kissing in the North-East

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Publisher's Synopsis

A collection of essays and aphorisms about Scottish Calvinism. This is Scottish literary humour at its finest.
'A work of contemporary shamanism, with all the bluff, poetry, deranged humour, sleight-of-hand and real magic that implies.' Don Paterson.
This is the first (and maybe the last) self-help guide that promises to make you feel a lot worse after you read it. A hilarious satire on freeze-dried mysticism and off-the-shelf enlightenment, it is also a haunting and lyrical reflection on places, voices and memories -- a literary journey into the heart of North-East darkness.
'A perfect evocation of Scotland's mysterious love affair with loss and sorrow. A powerful dram of Zen Calvinism.' Richard Holloway

Book information

ISBN: 9780141019727
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 828.9209
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 193
Weight: 130g
Height: 178mm
Width: 112mm
Spine width: 14mm