Shortlisted for the Society of Authors' McKitterick Prize

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Avram Escovitz dreams of playing football for Celtic, but war intervenes. He leaves the tightly knit Jewish community in the Gorbals in Glasgow to work as a credit draper, peddling goods on credit to the crofters and villagers of the West Highlands.

This very original debut novel is a book about a stranger in a strange land, but also about whisky, football and waterproof clothing. And romance across the cultural divide.

David Simons was awarded a Writer's Bursary from Scottish Arts Council (Creative Scotland) to assist in the writing of The Liberation of Celia Khan. He lives in Glasgow where he organises a monthly literary 'salon'. He has worked as a lawyer and as a journalist, living in Australia, Japan and elsewhere, before becoming a full time creative writer.