Strap on yir seatbelts for a brah an bumpy ride alang eviry twist an turn o the Dundonese dehelict.
From the vehrus to the V&Eh, from matteramonial matters to shoppin and never forgetting pehzn beans an pehzn peas Wha Bohked in the Aspadeestra? is a delightful slice of the Tayside pie. Peppered with Bob Dewars quirky illustrations and salted with Norman Watsons tongue-in-cheek translations, this wee gem of a book will resonate with Dundonians and their kin the world over.
Mwah. Eve got tae skoot!
Dr Norman Watson was a journalist with The Courier in Dundee for 25 years and wrote more than 5,000 news features for the paper. He remains a Couriercolumnist and is now publishing giant DC Thomsons first-ever company historian.
An award-winning author, his books include the best-selling Dundee: A Short History (2006), The Biography of William McGonagall (2010) and the internationally-acclaimed Dundee Dicshunury (2012). As a historian he has co-curated major exhibitions in Dundee, London and Edinburgh and in 2006 was invited to open the Scottish Parliaments first-ever public exhibition.