“Short listed for the Booker prize, but didn’t win.
A cleverly constructed and insightful novel. Set in the Highlands of Scotland in a crofting village where families live off the land and times are tough. They get even tougher when the local bully gets himself elected as policeman.
The author tells the story to begin with a series of newspaper reports, so authentic you’d be unsure if this is non fiction. Anyway, read on and what unfolds is a depressing tale.
A good choice for a book group to debate which ours did. Book Club scored it at 6.75/10 and my score 7/10
Score 7/10
Date read November 2016
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