Author

Contributions

  • Osborne, Brian D. - Contributor
  • Armstrong, Ronald, 1940- - Contributor
  • Munro, Neil, 1864-1930. - Contributor

Publication

2002 - Birlinn, Edinburgh, Scotland

Language

English

Word Count

108,750 words, Guess

Page Count

435 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2003374545
  • Better World Books9781841582276
  • Open LibraryOL3727876M

Classifications

  • DDC823.8
  • LCCPR6054.O4596 A6 2002
  • LCCPR5101.M4P37 2002

First Sentence

A SHORT, thick-set man, with a red beard, a hard round felt hat, ridiculously out of harmony with a blue pilot jacket and trousers and a seaman's jersey, his hands immersed deeply in those pockets our fathers (and the heroes of Rabelais) used to wear behind a front flap, he would have attracted my notice even if he had not, unaware of my presence so close behind him, been humming to himself the chorus of a song that used to be very popular on gabbarts1, but is now gone out of date, like "The Captain with the Whiskers took a Sly Glance at Me".

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • Para Handy: the collected stories from 'The Vital Spark', 'In Highland harbours with Para Handy', and 'Hurricane Jack of the Vital Spark' : with eighteen previously uncollected storiesBirlinn2002-01-01

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