** "The Daft Days" by Neil Munro, is a funny story set during New Year's Day in a Scottish town, where celebrations and strange characters create a cheerful mood that shows off the customs of that time. It all starts on New Year’s Day with the Dyce family getting ready for their nephew from America to arrive. Readers meet fun characters like the impish maid Kate and uncle Dan Dyce, who is both funny and relaxed. As the family gets ready, funny and messy things start to happen, and it all leads to the surprising arrival of their niece, who is a young girl, not the boy they expected. Through its comedy, confusion, and charming talk, the book shows the kindness of family connections and the playful side of New Year celebrations in Scotland, making it a great story full of local charm and holiday spirit. **
The Daft Days
By Neil Munro
** In a whirlwind of Scottish New Year's celebrations, a family's anticipation of a nephew's arrival turns hilariously upside down with the unexpected appearance of a niece, sparking a series of comical events and heartwarming moments.
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About the AuthorNeil Munro was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He was basically a serious writer, but is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. The best known of these stories are about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, but they also include stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson and the travelling drapery salesman Jimmy Swan. They were originally published in the Glasgow Evening News, but collections were published as books. A key figure in Scottish literary circles, Munro was a friend of the writers J. M. Barrie, John Buchan, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham and Joseph Conrad, and the artists Edward A. Hornel, George Houston, Pittendrigh MacGillivray and Robert Macaulay Stevenson. He was an early promoter of the works of both Conrad and Rudyard Kipling.
Neil Munro was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He was basically a serious writer, but is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. The best known of these stories are about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, but they also include stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson and the travelling drapery salesman Jimmy Swan. They were originally published in the Glasgow Evening News, but collections were published as books. A key figure in Scottish literary circles, Munro was a friend of the writers J. M. Barrie, John Buchan, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham and Joseph Conrad, and the artists Edward A. Hornel, George Houston, Pittendrigh MacGillivray and Robert Macaulay Stevenson. He was an early promoter of the works of both Conrad and Rudyard Kipling.
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