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A Working Class State of Mind

By: Colin Burnett
Narrated by: Patrick Wallace
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Written entirely in East Coast Scots, A Working Class State of Mind, the debut book by Colin Burnett, brings the everyday reality and language of life in Scotland to the surface.

Colin's fiction takes themes in the social sciences and animates them in vivid ethnographic portrayals of what it means to be working-class in Scotland today.

Delving into the tragic exploits of Aldo, as well as his long-suffering best friends Dougie and Craig, the book follows these and other characters as they make their way in a city more divided along class lines than ever before.

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Just as I was getting to know the characters, the story ran out. I really hope there’s more to come from Colin Burnett.
Written in Edinburgh Scots, this was really brought to life by the narrator, Patrick Wallace.
Forget the Trainspotting comparisons. These characters are just the sorts of folk you’d encounter on Edinburgh. I’m away to Tweet Colin to ask when the next book is coming out!

I really enjoyed this.

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Absolutely loved this book. Listened to the whole thing in one day. Perfectly captured the lives of working class men in the communities many of us grew up in. I was in tears of laughter at times, and was stopped dead in reflection at the “working class autobiography”. And all in the language we speak too. Brilliant. Simply Brilliant.

Gives Trainspotting a run for its money!

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Sheer brilliance whilst ‘talking’ about some of life’s realities and not for the faint hearted. It was just as well I was out walking the dog on the golf course when listening to the football match chapter. I was in tears of laughter. This is up there with the best.

Living Life To The Full

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You know what - Very few books have reduced me to laughter and tears but this one did! First chapter reduce me to tears and thereafter lots of laugh out loud and some scary moments! I won’t spoil it for you. An truly honest reflection of the reality of life on benefits and addiction. Not untouched by these themes in my own family so I do get it.
Brilliantly orated by Patrick Wallace - even though I’m a Glasgow girl I soon got into the lingo. Thanks Colin - good luck in your future endeavours.

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Absolutely loved the book. It is so refreshing to read about working-class lives written by someone who 'feels' the oppression. My mum used to say, given a chance we could do more - 'we just accept our lot'. It brought a tear to my eye when I listened to that statement.

My only critique is that I wanted to listen longer, the characters made me feel like I had gone home.

Funny and heart-wrenching at the same time.

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