The book is described as a wry family story focusing on a sometime actor and panto dame who battles dyslexia to record his mother’s memoirs.
A Bridge of Allan born author has penned his witty debut novel telling the story of a man who appeared as the front half of a camel.
Adrian Ross, who grew in Bridge of Allan and attended Dollar Academy and Stirling University, has written ‘Sons of Great Men’ – described as a wry family story narrated by Victor, a sometime actor and pantomime dame, who battles his dyslexia to record his hospitalised mum’s memoirs.
In his teens, Adrian ushered at the Macrobert Arts Centre and later gained an MLitt by thesis in Film and Media at the university.
He currently co-ordinates the monthly Talks at the Smith programme in Stirling.
As a writer, Adrian has contributed to the New Writing Scotland anthology, The Reviews Hub website and Postbox, Scotland’s international short story magazine.
He studied Drama and Film at the University of East Anglia, where he was a founding member of Minotaur Theatre Company. He worked as a newspaper sub editor in London and South Wales, later becoming a manager in the arts and adult education.
The former actor and journalist said: “I didn’t pursue acting as a career, so this story is partly an exploration of what might have been.
“I’ve tried to give it a funny-and-sad feel.”
Sons of Great Men is published in paperback on 1 March 2026 and is available from all good bookshops and can be pre-ordered online.