Fallen angels / paintings by Jack Vettriano ; edited by W. Gordon Smith ; words by Stewart Conn, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Alasdair Gray, Sue Glover, Joy Hendry, Robin Jenkins, A.L. Kennedy, Joan Lingard, Norman MacCaig, Bernard MacLaverty, Alan Sharp, Iain Crichton Smith.
Vettriano, Jack,artist.
Smith, W. Gordon(William Gordon),1928-editor.
Conn, Stewart,writer of added commentary.
Finlay, Ian Hamilton,writer of added commentary.
Gray, Alasdair,writer of added commentary.
Glover, Sue,1943-writer of added commentary.
Hendry, Joy,writer of added commentary.
Jenkins, Robin,1912-2005,writer of added commentary.
Kennedy, A. L.,writer of added commentary.
Lingard, Joan,writer of added commentary.
MacCaig, Norman,1910-1996,writer of added commentary.
MacLaverty, Bernard,writer of added commentary.
Sharp, Alan,1943-writer of added commentary.
Smith, Iain Crichton,1928-1998,writer of added commentary.
"Alongside 44 Vettriano paintings are stories, poems, dialogue from plays, and other fine examples of Scottish writing"--Cover flap.
A group of Scottish writers interpret Jack Vettriano's paintings through their poetry, prose, drama and other writings.
The contents of my pocket / Carl MacDougall -- Power dive / Norman MacCaig -- The sport of kings / Russell Hunter -- The singing butler / Joy Hendry -- Kiss'd yestreen / anon ; Glasgow traditional -- Three things / anon -- The same old game / Alan Taylor -- Xanadu / W. Gordon Smith ; from his play of the same title -- Sylvander and Clarinda / Robert Burns -- Strangers in the night / Stewart Conn -- Scream from a dream / Joan Lingard ; from her novel After Colette -- Roderick / anon ; from the Gaelic -- Little Italy : words for a song / Benny Gallagher -- The main attraction / Joy Hendry -- Betrayal / Ron Butlin -- The wuman taen in adulterie / William Laughton Lorimer -- Chapter eight from a novel in progress / Alan Sharp -- Heartbreak Hotel / Iain Crichton Smith -- The airport ; The station / Bernard MacLaverty -- Someone to watch over me / Sue Glover -- The flowers of Edinburgh : extracts from Ranger's Impartial list of the ladies of pleasure in Edinburgh -- Maria Magdalena / Sue Glover -- An assignation / Joan Lingard ; from her novel After Colette -- A broken engagement / Ian Hamilton Finlay -- The critical hour of 3 am / Jack Vettriano ; overheard by WGS -- Cardwell Bay 1937 / Robin Jenkins -- A very dangerous beach / Jack Gerson ; with apologies to F. Scott Fitzgerald and thanks to Jack Vettriano -- Woman pursued / Joy Hendry -- Vincent by himself / W. Gordon Smith ; from his play about Vincent van Gogh -- The use of America, and Jack Vettriano / Alasdair Gray -- The administration of justice / A.L. Kennedy -- To you let snow and roses / Robert Louis Stevenson.
"Alongside 44 Vettriano paintings are stories, poems, dialogue from plays, and other fine examples of Scottish writing"--Cover flap.
Vettriano, Jack
Painters
Art and literature
Figurative painting
Scottish literature