{"product_id":"from-scenes-like-these-paperback","title":"From Scenes Like These - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon M. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the first ever Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A masterpiece' - Douglas Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAn extraordinary novel' - Michael Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eClose to Home \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'It deserves its modern classic status' -\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the west of Scotland in the 1950s. New houses are going up. Factories are opening.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Dunky Logan, a 15-year-old brought up in a tenement flat in working-class Kilcaddie, is ditching school to be a labourer on a local farm. Dead set on becoming a hard case, he wants to work shoulder to shoulder with so-called real men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIrish Catholic Mary O'Donnell arrives at the farmhouse as the new maid. She is pregnant - no boyfriend in sight. But she's smart, and she has a plan to get herself up in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Dunky is swallowed up by a vicious cycle of violence, betrayal, and booze, Mary becomes entangled in a savage family feud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow there's no going back, not for either of them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by James Robertson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon M. Williams \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Paisley in 1934. After he completed national service with the Royal Air Force in Germany, Willams began his career as a reporter for the Johnstone Advertiser, before moving to England and becoming an author in the mid-1960s. His novels include \u003ci\u003eWalk Don't Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBig Morning Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Camp\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Upper Pleasure Garden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Scenes Like These\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the inaugural Booker Prize in 1969. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Siege of Trencher's Farm\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into the film \u003ci\u003eStraw Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by Sam Peckinpah. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorking at the arts magazine \u003ci\u003eScene\u003c\/i\u003e, Williams shared an office with the playwright Tom Stoppard. With Terry Venables, he wrote the beloved football novel \u003ci\u003eThey Used to Play on Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, and later, while working as a commercial manager for Chelsea FC, the Hazell detective series, which was adapted for television in 1978. He died in 2017.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46153650045114,"sku":"9781035073566","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/DT2HHiv1F09781035073566.webp?v=1783935314","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/from-scenes-like-these-paperback","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}