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You can tell from the very first lines that Anne Marie loves her Da. "Ma Da's a nutter. Radio rental. He'd dae anythin for a laugh so he wid; went doon the shops wi a perra knickers on his heid, tellt the wifie next door we'd won the lottery and were flittin to Barbados, that wis daft stuff ... Read review

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The Orange Way to Englightenment

Advantages: An interesting premise, beautifully executed
Disadvantages: Might take a few pages to settle into the lingo

You can tell from the very first lines that Anne Marie loves her Da.

"Ma Da's a nutter. Radio rental. He'd dae anythin for a laugh so he wid; went doon the shops wi a perra knickers on his heid, tellt the wifie next door we'd won the lottery and were flittin to Barbados, that wis daft stuff compared tae whit he's went and done noo. He' turnt intae a Buddhist.

Her Da is mental, but it's fun, he's a great Da to have. ...
..."Mammy turn roond…and gied him wanny they looks…"

The other thing you've noticed by the bottom of the first page is that may not be the easiest book in the world to read. All this dialect is hard going already. So you skip ahead and open a few pages at random. Yes, it is all like that. All the way through.

Although not all EXCACTLY like that, because this is Marie talking. As the book progresses we'll listen ... more

hiker 28.01.2007 (28.01.2007)
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Buddha Da - HUH?????

Advantages: Might learn something about Buddhism
Disadvantages: Written in dialect, hard to read

I bought this book a couple of months ago after reading a positive review in a magazine. However, there was something slightly important that the review left out. But first; 'Buddha Da tells the endearing story of a working-class Glaswegian man who discovers Buddhism, rejects old habits and seeks a life more meaningful, only to alienate his immediate family in the process' So all sounds good, I was interested in this because I recently studied ...
...DL fascinating. The book arrived, nice looking cover, 344 pages so not too long, then I read the first page. Now, I read A LOT - but this totally threw me. The book is written in Galswegian dialect, here's an example; "He'd dae anythin for a laugh so he wid; went doon the shops wi a perra knickers on his heid, tellt the wifie next door we'd won the lottery ans were flittin tae Barbados, but that wis daft stuff compared tae whit he's went and done ...

pinkjen 09.06.2009 · Read full review
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How to find Buddha - in working-class Glasgow!

Advantages: A fscinating insight into someone search for answers - in a most unusual place
Disadvantages: Some people might struggle with the dialect at first

I originally bought this book several months ago to read on a long train journey - it was part of a 3 for 2 offer at Waterstones I think. Unfortunately I ended up falling asleep on the train, and the book languished unread on my shelf until last weekend, when, searching around for something to entertain myself with, I picked it up. I read the back and was intrigued (as I had been when I bought it) by the contrast of the ideals of Buddhism with the ...
...the subject matter I was still somewhat surprised to open the book and find the following opening paragraph. "Ma Da's a nutter. Radio Rental. He'd dae anythin for a laugh so he wid; went doon the shops wi a perra knickers on his heid, tellt the wifie next door we'd won the lottery and were flittin tae Barbados, but that wis daft stuff compared tae whit he's went and done noo. He's turnt intae a Buddhist." Yes its in dialect - the whole book. The ...

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Buddha Da

Advantages: Strength of setting and emotion, unpredictable storyine, realistic ending
Disadvantages: Some may find the use of Scots offputting

...characters call home. Anne Donovan's Buddha Da gains its strong sense of setting and much of its powerful emotion from the author's use of Glaswegian Scots throughout, not just confined to direct speech, as many authors find is the only way that they can use Scots for a wider audience. However, Donovan's skill in making the language easy to read shines through, as it becomes a natural representation of speech in Glasgow once the reader tunes in ...
...the transition between narrating chracters seamless, and found that the range of perspectives added to understanding of the text and overall emotional impact, as opposed to the simple styistic quirk that some authors use it as. Donovan's talent for realism allows her to portray not only an accurate account of speech in Glasgow but she has also woven in so much of the texture and fabric of life in the city, that I found I could identify well with ...

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