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London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1983. Frst Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Title Apprentice
- Author Gallacher, Tom
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 156
- Publisher Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London
- Date 1983
- ISBN 9780241109977
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London. 1983. Hamish Hamilton. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0241109973. 156 pages. hardcover. Jacket artwork by Roy Knipe. keywords: Literature Scotland. FROM THE PUBLISHER - We all, at one time or another, want to educate people. Billy Thompson is no different. Sent by his English middle-class parents to be a shipyard apprentice on Clydeside in the 1950s, he is an innocent abroad. The proud and private Scots with whom he throws in his lot on the steep streets of Greenock are something of a mystery to him - stubborn, unsophisticated and in many ways ignorant. But he has just what they need. He has an education. In each of these five connected stories Billy tries hard to pass on that education, to help those less fortunate than himself. So why can he not save the gentle Mrs. Mulvenny, his landlady, from the terrible consequences of her husband's pride? What has gone wrong when the girl from the ropeworks, red-haired Elsie, cannot be persuaded that having perfect pitch is more…
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