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OF THE ROAD is a fictional book about Scotland. Twelve months of the calendar. The book takes Cal through different pivotal and symbolic situations and relationships. Cal is forced to face up to himself and his own alcoholism. This is set against the sheer diversity of Scotland where the margins are forced to eke out a living in the face of alienation. This is the status quo of Scotland but is perversely not where we come from. This creates a dichotymy in the Scots character where we are left with a puzzle. Not only, where do we come from, but also how we have chosen to communicate ourselves. Statistically Scotland holds the dubious distinction of being the most violent culture of any developed nation in the western world. Also the most almost loving. It is shameful that we all to some extent play a part in this. The novel examines this in the character of Cal and the strands of the relationships that he forms. The book is not without humour and this a part of the Scots character that is bleakly explored. The central theme that vividly repeats itself in this book is the motif of hope. We are standing at the crossroads. Scotland Politically is in catharsis and in the characters of OF THE ROAD the actions of the characters have a strong political meaning. It suggests a fairer benign alternative to the mistake that some Scots make when metaphorically they grasp the thistle. Cal discovers that in Sotland it is hard to be a man. Where you have to earn the respect of other men. Some of these men of course are wise but others are numbed into the acceptance of a limited potential which is merely passed on. Opaquely at that.
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Calum Cumming was born in, Forfar, Scotland in 1962. His first novel COMMONS was published in 2003. He trained as a Construction Engineer after leaving Aberdeen Grammar School in 1979. Calum spent a year at Newbattle Abbey College 1987-88 and subsequently graduated MA from The University of Glasgow in 1992.Currently he lives and works in Scotland.
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