The Dear Green Place

Set in nineteen-sixties Glasgow, The Dear Green Place is an absorbing portrait of the struggles and conflicts of a working-class hero and would-be novelist Mat Craig whose desire to define himself as an artist creates social and family tensions. Published in 1966, it won the Guardian Fiction Book of the Year and Yorkshire Post’s Best First Work.

Actiunea romanului, plasat in Glasgow-ul anilor 1960, ,,Dragul loc verde" este un portret captivant al luptelor si conflictelor unui erou al clasei muncitoare si aspirant romancier, Mat Craig, a carui dorinta de a se defini drept artist creeaza tensiuni sociale si familiale. Publicat in 1966, romanul a castigat premiul ,,Cartea anului" de fictiune al lui Guardian si premiul ,,Cea mai buna lucrare de debut" al Yorkshire Post.