No Great Mischief
by Alistair MacLeod
An award-winning novel which touches on the feelings of a modern Canadian keen to keep in touch with his Scottish roots. His Cape Breton family may have lived in the New World since 1779 but Scotland remains their true home.
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“That’s a wonderful book. Alistair McLeod hasn’t written an awful lot; that novel is his most recent production, and he has a collection of short stories, “Island”, that is in some ways even better.” Read more...
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