The adventures of Big Aggie MacDonald, the Glasgow tramcar clippie with the caustic wisecracking tongue, will take you back to the golden age of the tram. Her rich, biting patter, indiscriminately targeted at all and sundry, is the stuff for which streetwise Glaswegians have become renowned. In Aggie's day a hurl on a tramcar wasn't just another journey down to the shops-it was also a jaunt in an atmosphere of a constantly changing patois emanating from the likes of Big Aggie. This new book by Allan Morrison revolves around seven short stories involving Aggie that are interspersed with "Tramlines," one-liners and jokes attributed to Aggie. This is a perfect source for comic writers and after-dinner speakers looking for tramcar material. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 96 pages; paperback