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Item Details
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NO GREAT MISCHIEF
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| By: |
Alistair MacLeod |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0393049701 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780393049701 |
| Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2000 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
In 1779 Calum MacDonald set sail in exile from the Highlands of Scotland with his wife and 12 children, landing in the New World at Cape Breton after a catastrophic crossing. Two hundred years later, another MacDonald tells the story of coming of age in that same Cape Breton landscape. |
| Synopsis: |
Alistair MacLeod musters all of the skill and grace that have won him an international following to give us No Great Mischief, the story of a fiercely loyal family and the tradition that drives it.Generations after their forebears went into exile, the MacDonalds still face seemingly unmitigated hardships and cruelties of life. Alexander, orphaned as a child by a horrific tragedy, has nevertheless gained some success in the world. His older brother, Calum, a nearly destitute alcoholic living on Toronto's skid row, has been scarred by another tragedy. But, like all his clansman, Alexander is sustained by a family history that seems to run through his veins. And through their lovingly recounted stories -- wildly comic or heartbreakingly tragic -- we discover the hope against hope upon which every family must sometimes rely. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
WW Norton & Co |
| Prizes: |
Winner of IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2001 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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