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Made in Scotland : my grand adventures in a wee country / Billy Connolly.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : BBC Books, 2018. Description: 282 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781785943706
  • 1785943707
  • 9781785943737
  • 1785943731
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 927.9
Summary: "All roads lead back home. Billy Connolly may be a citizen of the world, but in his heart he's never been far from his homeland. Made in Scotland is Billy's unique and intimate portrait of his native Scotland, a love letter to the places and people that made him. It's an adventure inspired by a single incident: the moment Billy received his Knighthood and was asked 'How does it feel to have achieved all this when you came from nothing?' His response was, 'But I did come from something!' So begins an odyssey through the Highlands, Lowlands and the Barrowlands on a shaggy dog quest to find out what that 'something' was and whether it is still there. Far from a typical travelogue, Billy's quest is as much through his memories and experiences as it is through his excursions, with a series of key artefacts prompting reminiscences - a first pressing of a Hank Williams album (the first record he ever owned), Landseer's Monarch of the Glen, a bottle of air that recreates the smell of the old Glasgow Docks - each of which inspire moments of reflection, joy, drama and laughter. Accompanying a major BBC TV series, Made in Scotland is Billy Connolly's insightful, moving and very funny account of the stuff that really matters. Family, love, sex, health, football, fishing, work, art, swearing, banjos, friends, going to the pub. And good tea“-- Provided by publisher.
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"All roads lead back home. Billy Connolly may be a citizen
of the world, but in his heart he's never been far from
his homeland. Made in Scotland is Billy's unique and
intimate portrait of his native Scotland, a love letter to
the places and people that made him. It's an adventure
inspired by a single incident: the moment Billy received
his Knighthood and was asked 'How does it feel to have
achieved all this when you came from nothing?' His
response was, 'But I did come from something!' So begins
an odyssey through the Highlands, Lowlands and the
Barrowlands on a shaggy dog quest to find out what that
'something' was and whether it is still there. Far from a
typical travelogue, Billy's quest is as much through his
memories and experiences as it is through his excursions,
with a series of key artefacts prompting reminiscences - a
first pressing of a Hank Williams album (the first record
he ever owned), Landseer's Monarch of the Glen, a bottle
of air that recreates the smell of the old Glasgow Docks -
each of which inspire moments of reflection, joy, drama
and laughter. Accompanying a major BBC TV series, Made in
Scotland is Billy Connolly's insightful, moving and very
funny account of the stuff that really matters. Family,
love, sex, health, football, fishing, work, art, swearing,
banjos, friends, going to the pub. And good tea“--
Provided by publisher.

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