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Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
by Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan
An immensely hilarious book
I will buy anything related to Outlander and this is a profound book, along the lines of the Ewan McGregor/Charlie Boorman, Billy Connolly or Bill Bryson books.
But at the heart of this is the great friendship between Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. The endless teasing and snide remarks will have you laughing within the first couple of pages and there was a point where I was laughing so hard, that I was crying. They just take the absolute pee out of each other constantly and other members of the Outlander cast as well. (Duncan Lacroix - Murtagh - being described as Outlander’s answer to Oliver Reed was genius.)
This book takes you through different parts of Scotland, via different modes of transport (not all of them Lady McTavish ended up in). Some places I was aware of (they walk on Culloden towards the end of the book) but others I wasn’t, and have definitely made me curious about some of the places they visited. They discuss various clan fights and many famous figures who also ended up between the pages of Outlander and on screen too. There are lots of anecdotes about Outlander itself and many more about each star’s acting career up until this, while not feeling too biographical. It does feel like they try to outdo themselves with name dropping quite frequently (Sylvester Stallone, Brian Blessed, Vin Diesel, Peter Jackson etc) but this may have been the camaraderie between the two.
But at the heart of this book, some of which was written during the lockdown/COVID situation that we are currently in the midst of, is a real reflection of their lives. Whether it’s being forced to slow down and not have multiple projects on the go at once, or spending more time with family/friends/children or drinking more, you feel that the two actors, like many others, will come out the other side of this changed.
A really excellent book, that has made me want to see more of my home country once all this craziness is over.
I will buy anything related to Outlander and this is a profound book, along the lines of the Ewan McGregor/Charlie Boorman, Billy Connolly or Bill Bryson books.
But at the heart of this is the great friendship between Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. The endless teasing and snide remarks will have you laughing within the first couple of pages and there was a point where I was laughing so hard, that I was crying. They just take the absolute pee out of each other constantly and other members of the Outlander cast as well. (Duncan Lacroix - Murtagh - being described as Outlander’s answer to Oliver Reed was genius.)
This book takes you through different parts of Scotland, via different modes of transport (not all of them Lady McTavish ended up in). Some places I was aware of (they walk on Culloden towards the end of the book) but others I wasn’t, and have definitely made me curious about some of the places they visited. They discuss various clan fights and many famous figures who also ended up between the pages of Outlander and on screen too. There are lots of anecdotes about Outlander itself and many more about each star’s acting career up until this, while not feeling too biographical. It does feel like they try to outdo themselves with name dropping quite frequently (Sylvester Stallone, Brian Blessed, Vin Diesel, Peter Jackson etc) but this may have been the camaraderie between the two.
But at the heart of this book, some of which was written during the lockdown/COVID situation that we are currently in the midst of, is a real reflection of their lives. Whether it’s being forced to slow down and not have multiple projects on the go at once, or spending more time with family/friends/children or drinking more, you feel that the two actors, like many others, will come out the other side of this changed.
A really excellent book, that has made me want to see more of my home country once all this craziness is over.