num_pages: 288
description: Featuring the same family, two generations on, as DochertyTom Docherty was 17 in the summer of 1955. With school behind him and a summer job at a brick works, Tom had his whole life before him. Years later, alone in a rented flat in Edinburgh and lost in memories, Tom recalls the intellectual and sexual awakening of his youth. In looking back, Tom discovers that only by understanding where he comes from can he make sense of his life as it is now.
language: English
title: The Kiln
titlecomplete: The Kiln
characters: Tom Docherty
genres: Fiction, Scotland
ratings_count: 152
places: Scotland
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Saltire Society Literary Award
category: Scottish Book of the Year
publisher: Trafalgar Square