"One of the greatest pieces of fiction to come out of Britain in the 80’s... Butlin’s book is a stylistic triumph."—Irvine Welsh"One of the greatest pieces of fiction to come out of Britain in the 80’s . . . Butlin’s book is a stylistic triumph."—Irvine WelshMorris Magellan has a house in the suburbs, nice wife and kids. But Morris is also a chronic alcoholic, heading fast towards self-destruction. Morris is not hoping to meet Ms. Right and acquire the two kids that will straighten everything out. He already has all this and it hasn’t kept him off the bottle. Ron Butlin’s tale of one man’s inner turmoil is haunting, harrowing, yet strangely uplifting; a masterpiece from a neglected Scottish writer.

The Sound of My Voice

Literature & Fiction

Butlin, Ron

British & Irish

Canongate Books Ltd.

Without a Backward Glance: New and Selected Poems

History & Criticism

Barzan Publishing Limited

It's the Day of the Trolls: Fart-Fart and all the trolls are back! Join them in the shopping mall where they go wild, causing havoc as they overrun the place. But when they follow sign saying All Trolls - This Way, things turn out very differently to what Flycatcher, Bumscratcher, SnotFace, Squeer and the rest of them expected ...

Day of the Trolls

Children's Books

Humor

BC Books

Bleeters come and bleeters go,they never, never stay -if it's not raining nowmore rain is on the way.It's widely reported that Eskimos have over 50 words for snow. Given the equivalent ubiquity of rain in Britain's northern climes, it is not surprising that Scots have coined just as many (and possibly many more) expressions for the many different types of precipitation that fall from our skies.In this book Ron Butlin introduces 50 of the most colourful Scottish words for rain in humorous and memorable verse, imaginatively accompanied with illustrations by Tim Kirby.

The Little Book of Scottish Rain

Poetry

Birlinn

Edinburgh has long inspired writers, from Robert Louis Stevenson to Hugh MacDiarmid. In this sparkling new collection of poems about the city in the twenty-first century, renowned poet and novelist Ron Butlin draws on his experience as Edinburgh's Makar, or Poet Laureate. With verve and wit, Butlin leads the reader on a journey through multi-faceted Edinburgh, a place of sweeping vistas and strip bars, grand towers and failed tramlines, world heritage and homelessness. Underlying all these poems, whether satirical or celebratory, is a deep love for the architecture, landscape and people of Scotland's capital city. The Magicians of Edinburgh will delight long-time residents and visitors alike.

The Magicians of Edinburgh: New Poetry

Birlinn Ltd.

The Magicians of Scotland will build upon the success of The Magicians of Edinburgh (reprinted five times) and on that book's critical acclaim. Ron Butlin is the Edinburgh Makar and this collection will have an Edinburgh emphasis while seeking to celebrate and interrogate Scotland and its people at a crucial turning point in our country's history. Just as The Magicians of Edinburgh's themes ranged from Sir Walter Scott to the new Parliament, from Greyfriar's Bobby to the trams, the themes of the new collection will include Scotland's past, present and future, its landscape and people, its myths and politics  -  from Bannockburn, Flodden to Faslane, the Loch Ness Monster, wind farms, Hutton to Higgs, Bonnie Prince Charlie to Donald Trump. It will be accessible, serious and entertaining.

The Magicians of Scotland

Review\nCompulsively readable . . . a cleverly orchestrated unique work of fiction' 
Herald\nGenuinely subversive, Butlin’s book is a stylistic triumph. A major novel' 
Irvine Welsh\nOne of the best books I have ever read' 
Philipa Coughlin, Nudge Books\nPlayful, haunting and moving, this is writing of the highest quality' 
Ian Rankin\nGenuinely subversive, Butlin’s book is a stylistic triumph. A major novel' - Irvine Welsh\nMorris Magellan is thirty-four years old and already two-thirds destroyed. By day he is an executive, after six and at weekends the husband of an understanding wife and the father of two. At all times he is a music lover and a drunk.\nOf the past he remembers only fear, and of the future he senses even greater terror to come; he is a man struggling from moment to moment to salvage something of himself before that too slips from his grasp.\nOn one level The Sound of My Voice tells the story of an alcoholic: a frantic attempt by some inner voice to halt an apparent need for self-destruction. More generally it presents the conflict between modern man’s cowardice and cruelty, and a desperate attempt to recover humanity.

The Sound of My Voice: Winner of Prix Millepages and Prix Lucioles, both for Best Foreign Novel

Contemporary

Polygon

SERPENTS TAIL +

“It’s not often that composers inspire such funny surrealism. I enjoyed these very much.”—Bernard MacLaverty
In these playful episodes, Ron Butlin weaves delightful fables based on the lives of the great composers and philosophers: Beethoven attempts pyramid selling; Haydn deliberates over the promotional boost he would receive by an appearance on Jerry Springer; Seneca tests the validity of stoicism by taking up residence in 21st century Edinburgh; and God entrusts Vivaldi with the gift of the number 3. Vivaldi and the Number 3 is a delightful mix of music and surreal humour by an acclaimed Scottish writer.
Ron Butlin was born in 1949 in Edinburgh, where he now lives. Having worked variously as a footman, a male model and a barnacle scraper on Thames barges, he has become one of Scotland’s most acclaimed writers.

Vivaldi and the Number 3

Literary

Serpent's Tail

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The Sound of My Voice

Without a Backward Glance: New and Selected Poems

Day of the Trolls

The Little Book of Scottish Rain

The Magicians of Edinburgh: New Poetry

The Magicians of Scotland

The Sound of My Voice: Winner of Prix Millepages and Prix Lucioles, both for Best Foreign Novel

The Sound of My Voice

The Sound of My Voice

Vivaldi and the Number 3