Buddha Da

8vo. Pp. [vi], 330. Pictorial wraps.

Signed by Author to title page.

Anne Donovan's debut novel, following the publication of her well-received short-story collection Hieroglyphics and Other Stories (2001). Shortlisted for both the 2003 Orange Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award. Set in Glasgow and written in an accessible Scots vernacular, Buddha Da tells the humorous tale of an ordinary house painter named Jimmy who converts to Buddhism, intriguing his teenage daughter but outraging his beleaguered wife. "An enchanting novel in which ordinary lives are illuminated with extraordinary charm." –Daily Telegraph