
Made in Scotland
My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country
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Narrated by:
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Gordon Kennedy
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By:
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Billy Connolly
About this listen
All roads lead back home.
Billy Connolly may be a citizen of the world, but in his heart he's never been far from his homeland. Made in Scotland is Billy's unique and intimate portrait of his native Scotland, a love letter to the places and people that made him.
It's an adventure inspired by a single incident: the moment Billy received his Knighthood and was asked, 'How does it feel to have achieved all this when you came from nothing?' His response was, 'But I did come from something!' So begins an odyssey through the Highlands, the Lowlands and the Barrowlands on a shaggy dog quest to find out what that 'something' was and whether it is still there.
Far from a typical travelogue, Billy’s quest is as much through his memories and experiences as it is through his excursions, with a series of key artefacts prompting reminiscences - a first pressing of a Hank Williams album (the first record he ever owned), Landseer’s Monarch of the Glen, a bottle of air that re-creates the smell of the old Glasgow Docks - each of which inspire moments of reflection, joy, drama and laughter.
Accompanying a major BBC TV series, Made in Scotland is Billy Connolly's insightful, moving and very funny account of the stuff that really matters. Family, love, sex, health, football, fishing, work, art, swearing, banjos, friends, going to the pub. And good tea.
©2018 Billy Connolly (P)2018 Random House AudiobooksA true story teller
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The narrator is very good, but it would have been really special if Billy had narrated the book himself.
Brilliant
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Written in a glaswegian style that is associated with the big yiin.
Well read and enjoyable
Enjoy your history
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Love Billy Connolly
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great fucking stuff
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I was disappointed at first that he wasn't reading his book but the narrator did an excellent job and at times I even thought that it was Billy himself. I really enjoyed this book.
The humour.
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Billy is a hero
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Joy! 100% joy!
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I liked the narrator. He captures Billy's voice both figuratively and, when quoting him, quite literally too.
I'll gift this to my son. As a pair of proud Socialist Glaswegians, we relate to much of what Billy stands for. In many ways, he is Oor Billy's and he most certainly has a special place in my heart.
A brief trip through Billy's life...so far
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makes me proud to be Scottish
going to share to other people
brilliant
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