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Encyclopedia > Alan Warner

Alan Warner (born 1964), a Scottish writer, grew up in Oban. List of Scottish writers is an alphabetical list of Scottish writers. ... View of Oban from Druim Mor. ...


Alan Warner's novels are mostly set in "The Port", a place bearing some resemblance to Oban. He is known to appreciate 1970s Krautrock band Can; two of his books feature dedications to former band members (Morvern Callar to Holger Czukay and The Man Who Walks to Michael Karoli). According to the liner notes in recent books, Alan Warner currently lives in Dublin. Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the early 1970s. ... Can was an experimental rock group founded in Germany in 1968. ... Holger Czukay (born March 24, 1938) is a German musician. ... Michael Karoli (April 29, 1948 – November 17, 2001) was a guitarist and founding member of the German Krautrock band Can. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...


Novels

  • Morvern Callar (1995)
  • These Demented Lands (1997)
  • The Sopranos (1998)
  • The Man Who Walks (2002)

Morvern Callar was the debut novel by Scottish author Alan Warner, first published in 1995 (ISBN 0-09-958611-8). ...

External links

  • Spike Magazine Interview

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Alan Warner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (99 words)
Alan Warner (born 1964), a Scottish writer, grew up in Oban.
Alan Warner's novels are mostly set in "The Port", a place bearing some resemblance to Oban.
According to the liner notes in recent books, Alan Warner currently lives in Dublin.
Bold Type: Interview with Alan Warner (1336 words)
Warner, a native of Argyll, Scotland, was not born into a family that valued reading.
Warner attributes part of the recent renaissance in Scottish literature to similarities between the writers and their audience.
Warner, who still writes in longhand, doesn't quite know what to make of all of the attention being paid to him and his mates.
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