The Sound of My Voice by Ron Butlin

Hardcover, UK | 1st Edition | 1st Printing | 1987 | Publisher: Canongate Publishing Limited

A rare and significant first edition from Ron Butlin — one of Scotland's most distinctive and celebrated literary voices, a poet, novelist, and librettist who served as Edinburgh's Makar (Poet Laureate) from 2008 to 2014. The Sound of My Voice is widely regarded as Butlin's masterpiece — a strikingly innovative and unflinching novel narrated from inside the dissociating consciousness of a successful businessman and alcoholic, exploring addiction, self-deception, and the gap between a curated public life and private disintegration. Published by Canongate in 1987, the novel is now considered a classic of Scottish literature and a landmark in the literature of addiction. This first edition copy includes an inscription and date made by a previous owner. Now approaching 40 years old, first editions are genuinely scarce.

Condition: Very Good, but will show signs of previous ownership. Inscribed and dated by previous owner on the front page.

A rare first edition of a classic of Scottish literature and addiction writing — a significant collectible from Edinburgh's former Poet Laureate.