{"product_id":"from-scenes-like-these-paperback-1","title":"From Scenes Like These - 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\u003eGordon M. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the first ever Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A masterpiece' - Douglas Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAn extraordinary novel' - Michael Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eClose to Home \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'It deserves its modern classic status' -\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the west of Scotland in the 1950s. New houses are going up. Factories are opening.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Dunky Logan, a 15-year-old brought up in a tenement flat in working-class Kilcaddie, is ditching school to be a labourer on a local farm. Dead set on becoming a hard case, he wants to work shoulder to shoulder with so-called real men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIrish Catholic Mary O'Donnell arrives at the farmhouse as the new maid. She is pregnant - no boyfriend in sight. But she's smart, and she has a plan to get herself up in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Dunky is swallowed up by a vicious cycle of violence, betrayal, and booze, Mary becomes entangled in a savage family feud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow there's no going back, not for either of them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by James Robertson \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon M. Williams was born in Paisley in 1934. He was the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eFrom Scenes Like These, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was shortlisted for the first Booker Prize in 1969, \u003ci\u003eWalk Don't Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBig Morning Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Camp\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Had Power Over Women, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Siege of Trencher's Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into the film \u003ci\u003eStraw Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also the ghostwriter for the autobiographies of footballers Bobby Moore, Terry Venables and Tommy Docherty. He died in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47429318574329,"sku":"9781035073566","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/IwsehJRmrq9781035073566_c1b4c6ec-9c1b-4b82-aeec-a69fc862c7fa.webp?v=1771445082","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/from-scenes-like-these-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}