{"product_id":"9781917764209","title":"The Ossians","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Johnstone, Doug \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 09\/04\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 300 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781917764209,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA last-chance winter road trip for a Scottish band spirals into wild chaos – seagull massacres, bomb tests, and darkly funny rock’n’roll madness on the edge. A raw, darkly funny novel by one of Scotland’s finest authors – newly reissued!ANNIVERSARY EDITIONINTRODUCTION BY VAL MCDERMIDConnor is twenty-four, brilliant, broken, and out of control. He’s the swaggering frontman of The Ossians, a Scottish indie band on the brink of signing a major record deal. Desperate to make their mark, they head off on a two-week winter tour across the cities and hinterlands of Scotland – a last-ditch attempt to find fame, purpose, and themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the tour soon spirals into a surreal, chaotic odyssey. From seedy bars and snowbound towns to a final, defining Glasgow gig, the band hurtles through a whirlwind of seagull massacres, botched drug deals, a mysterious stalker, radioactive beaches, bomb-testing ranges, epileptic fits, riotous Russian submariners, deadly storms, epiphanies, regular beatings and random shootings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw, darkly funny and wild with energy, The Ossians is a gloriously anarchic story of rock’n’roll obsession, national identity and self-destruction, and what it means to belong – in a band, in a country, in a life unravelling at speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56670197186933,"sku":"9781917764209","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781917764209.jpg?v=1769593830","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781917764209","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}