On one level, this novel is a classic love-triangle story. Three young friends grow up together on
remote Isle of Lewis, Fin and Altair become rivals for the lovely
Marsaili.
On another level, this is a
crime novel. Fin, now a police
detective, comes back to Lewis to investigate a brutal murder. Woven in-between is the story of the
centuries-old pilgrimage of the men of Lewis to an even more remote isle of
Sula Sgeir to cull guga, baby sea-birds.
With all of this vivid story-telling, it isn’t until page 343 that the
true story of Fin and Artair and Marsaili is revealed.
Silver Oak, 2012, 357 p.
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