Download or read book The Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories written by J. F. Hendry and published by Viking. This book was released on 2011 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penguin brings you the finest short stories by the greatest writers 'In this collection the heretical principle has been adopted that if a writer is Scots, something of the Scottish spirit must inevitably emerge from his work.' In the twenty stories collected here we are given a multi-faceted view of Scotland, the Scots and the Scottish short story. With stories ranging from Roman Britain through the trials of those at home during the Second World War to a country and people determined to assert their independence.