
(1992)
A novel by
Jeff Torrington
Awards
Whitbread PrizeNext book >>
by
Jeff Torrington
Tam Clay, 1960s Glasgow slum-dweller, father-in-waiting and wordsmith manque, stumbles through the drink-sodden world of the Gorbals underclass on a mini-odyssey of self-discovery. This first novel won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award.