Regular contributor to media underground, Stephen 'Sergeant Matron' Lewis, has just written a blazing review of my book Bothy Culture in the latest edition of Briar & Bothies - the official newsletter of the Kearvaig Pipe Club...
'From the book’s cover and Foreword, the reader is parachuted into another world; the world of Bothy Culture as seen, experienced, described and lived by Colonel Mortimer and the boys. The commentary on a range of subjects - that far exceeds bothying - is blistering, provocative, hilarious and simply thought-provoking. Uptight folk will probably dismiss this book as simply the rant of an angry man, but that would say more about their own insecurities than be an accurate account of Bothy Culture, as angry though the Colonel definitely is, he is careful to back-up his analysis with reasoned arguments and amusing ‘beer logic’. Some readers will find the adult language ‘difficult’, but one suspects that the Colonel would just shrug his shoulders tell them to stick it in their pipe and smoke it...' (B&B pdf download - pages 14 & 15).
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