The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
Janice Galloway · 1989
"This is like a Scottish Catcher in the Rye."
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Alan Cumming
Actor and writer
Tony-winning Scottish actor (Cabaret, The Good Wife) and bestselling memoirist (Not My Father's Son); shared his 10 favorite books with the bookstore One Grand.
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The Passion
Jeanette Winterson · 1987
"She understands yearning like no one else."
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The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood · 2000
"Margaret Atwood is so clever and brilliant, just reading her book and keeping up with it made me feel like a genius."
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Lanark: A Life in Four Books
Alasdair Gray · 1981
"This is an epic modern Scottish classic."
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Close Up
John Fraser · 2004
"a beautifully written memoir that is completely frank and fascinating about life in the '60s as an up and coming matinee idol"
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