Somewhere to Lay My Head

We left Robert a long way from home, a 16-year-old recruit in the RAF. Now, we follow his escape from the Forces (until National Service a few years later!), his return to Glasgow and life down the pit. Once more, Robert's fantastic memory for people, places, and anecdotes, combined with an ear for individual voices and the brilliant ability to evoke a bygone sense of community, will enchant his readers and sometimes appall them with the brutality of conditions he experienced.

Robert Douglas is the author of Night Song of the Last Tram and Whose Turn for the Stairs?