Peter Ross's weekly articles from around Scotland have been a sterling attraction for the readers of Scotland on Sunday for years. A selection of the best are collected here, for the first time. Each a gem of insight and wit, they provide a piece-by-piece portrait of a nation as it changes. Always with his eye on the individual, Peter Ross presents some of the less well known aspects of the country, including the latex-clad patrons of a fetish club, as well as a new look at some of the more familiar, such as the painters of the Forth Rail Bridge. It is a look from the inside, one you are likely to recognise although one you will not have read about before, not in quite this way. Daunderlust is an exotic mix indeed, Scotland as she really is, a hopeful country not without problems and pain, but a nation made great by the people who live, love, laugh and graft there. From anatomists who find dissection beautiful to chip-shop owners who sing arias while serving fish suppers, the Scots in these pages come over as eccentric, humorous, moving and extraordinary.

多年来，彼得-罗斯来自苏格兰各地的每周文章对《苏格兰星期日报》的读者具有极大的吸引力。这里首次收集了一些最好的文章。每篇文章都是洞察力和智慧的结晶，它们为一个国家的变化提供了一幅幅的肖像。彼得-罗斯总是着眼于个人，他介绍了这个国家一些不太为人所知的方面，包括一个恋物癖俱乐部的乳胶衣顾客，以及对一些比较熟悉的人的新看法，如福斯铁路桥的画家们。这是一本从内部看的书，你可能会认识到这一点，尽管你以前没有读过这本书，而且不是以这种方式。Daunderlust确实是一个异国情调的组合，苏格兰确实是一个充满希望的国家，并非没有问题和痛苦，但这个国家因在那里生活、爱、笑和工作的人们而变得伟大。从觉得解剖很美的解剖学家到边吃鱼边唱咏叹调的薯条店老板，这些书中的苏格兰人都显得古怪、幽默、感人和不寻常。