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Jeff Torrington

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Torrington's first published stories appeared in newspapers. He later attended a Paisley writers' group set up by
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This article about a Scottish writer, poet or playwright is a
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His novels draw on the changing face of modern Scotland.
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and a creative writing group in Glasgow associated with
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Glasgow
Gorbals
Rootes
Linwood
Whitbread Book of the Year
James Kelman
Philip Hobsbaum
Tom Leonard
Liz Lochhead
Alasdair Gray
Aonghas MacNeacail



"Swing Hammer Swing, blow by blow"
"Custom-built model"
The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction
ISBN
0330335502
Obituary: The Guardian
Obituary: The Herald
Obituary: Scotsman
Obituary: Telegraph
Obituary: Times
Obituary: Independent
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