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SHORTLISTED FOR SALTIRE SOCIETY NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
Quirky, hilarious, always engaging and often moving, The Passion of Harry Bingo enters the lives of some of Britain’s least known but most amazing characters. From Orkney to the Sussex coast they bring light and laughter into all our lives: the Sikh pipe band and Wall of Death riders, herring queens and drag queens, crazy golfers and Harry himself, still following Partick Thistle in his nineties. This second selection of Peter Ross’s sideways looks at life in Scotland – and beyond – follows the highly successful and acclaimed Daunderlust.
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‘An entertaining and essential read... Few writers are as good at holding a mirror up to life in today’s Scotland.’
" - Books from Scotland
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‘It takes a writer of uncommon class to extract the tales he’s gathered here and to retell them with such fondness and respect for the subjects.’
" - The Courier & Advertiser
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‘Tales of the Sikh Pipe Band and grouse shooting in Stirling bring home the real life and true colours of Scotland in the 21st Century.’
" - 5 Star Review, Scottish Field
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‘This is newspaper reporting at its most distinctive - engaging, quirky, amusing and moving.’
" - Scottish Island Explorer
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‘By focusing on individual experiences Ross manages to say more than any straightforward reportage could manage, looking beyond clichés and stereotypes where others use them too readily to score easy points.’
" - Scots Whay Hae!
