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Docherty

(1975)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1975 Whitbread Prize for Best Novel

Docherty is a survivor of an impoverished life of hardship in the Scottish town of Graithnock. Conn is the son in whom he invests all hope for a far different future. Docherty may dream of escape, but he emerges as an unelected leader. This novel won the 1975 Whitbread Award.


Genre: General Fiction

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