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The Two Roberts
The Two Roberts | Damian Barr
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squirrelbrain
The Two Roberts | Damian Barr
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Loved this! It‘s a fictionalised tale of two real-life Scottish painters, Robert Colquhoun and Bobby MacBryde who meet at Glasgow School of Art in 1933.

Taking us from poverty to their college years, then the war years, then fame and famous friends, it‘s a tale of passion, debauchery, forbidden love and devastation- I couldn‘t put it down.

LeeRHarry Sounds fab! 😊 4d
CarolynM Sounds right up my street! Stacked! Makes me sad for the loss of the beautiful Glasgow School of Art too😢 4d
squirrelbrain @leerharry @carolynm Yes, I think you‘d both enjoy it. 4d
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Caroline2 I think this is on 99p kindle deal at the moment 3d
squirrelbrain Really?! @Caroline2 -it only came out a week ago! 😮 3d
JillR This one‘s on my list too 3d
squirrelbrain Right up your street, I think! @JillR 3d
Caroline2 Oh yeah…. 🤦‍♀️ I must have dreamt up that 99p deal. 😂 2d
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NovelNancyM
The Two Roberts | Damian Barr
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Had the pleasure of hearing Damian Barr speak on his latest novel at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Genre is LGBT Historical Fiction; the story of Scottish artists Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun who meet at the Glasgow School of Arts & never are apart except when the war takes Robert away. The novel spans three decades & much of the UK and Europe. Though fiction, Barr did tremendous research in order to give proper dues to the two Roberts.