"Edinburgh's a dump made up o' conmen wi' no consciences, vain aristocrats and mindless neds. Quite simply, ye cannae beat it." It couldn't possibly be said that Alexander Durie is normal. - First of all, everybody calls him Shug. - Secondly, he's a crook. - Lastly (and probably most importantly) he's a Burgher. And it's these factors combined which transformed him into: The Man Who Fooled Scotland. 'The Man Who Fooled Scotland' is a contemporary working class novel set in Edinburgh. Told from the perspective of a middle class Englishman, Nigel Banchory, the novel has a fish-out-of-water...
"Edinburgh's a dump made up o' conmen wi' no consciences, vain aristocrats and mindless neds. Quite simply, ye cannae beat it." It couldn't possibly b...