description: In these 22 rough-and-tumble tales that alternate between the insular fishing community of Broughty Ferry and the looming tower-blocks of nearby Dundee, Bill Duncan introduces a rogue's gallery of memorable characters. They include the "Maist Ignorant Man in the World," who claims to have seen the only surviving man-eating eel on the east coast; 93-year-old Boat Rab, who has never set foot outside the village; the misadventures of an inflatable jacket; and a man for whom a strand of hair on an unworn suit brings back memories of his departed wife and dead son. Alternating between proper English and the Scottish vernacular, The Smiling School for Calvinists is a heady tour of a world at once decrepit and contemporary, wild and hilarious.
language: English
title: The Smiling School for Calvinists
titlecomplete: The Smiling School for Calvinists
genres: Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 27
places: Dundee, Scotland, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland
publisher: Context Books