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The Cone-Gatherers
Robin Jenkins
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Description for The Cone-Gatherers
Paperback. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL NEVER RESTED: IN THE WORLD, AND IN EVERY HUMAN BEING, IT WENT ON Series: The Canons. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182. Series: Canons. 240 pages. A haunting story of violence and love. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight: 220.
In the shadow of a war that rages through Europe, brothers Calum and Neil work to gather pine cones in the grounds of a Scottish estate. When Calum releases two mutilated rabbits from a snare, he comes face to face with Duror, the gamekeeper. In retaliation, in the depths of the wood, Duror lays a trap for the cone-gatherers.
Neil prophesises that forces of evil will encroach upon the harmony of their lives. It is a prophesy that comes true when Duror commits an act so brutal it destroys all sense of humanity in the once thriving wood. Powerful ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
The Canons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857862358
SKU
V9780857862358
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About Robin Jenkins
Robin Jenkins, OBE., was born in 1912. The author of more than thirty works of fiction, he received the Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Award in 2002 for an outstanding contribution to Scottish life and in 2003 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Saltire Society. Jenkins was hailed as 'the greatest living fiction-writer in Scotland' (Scotsman) before he ... Read more
Reviews for The Cone-Gatherers
Let me alert everyone to the best-kept secret in modern British literature. If you love the novel; if you are interested in books that are humane and wise, not slick and cynical; then treat yourself this year to some Robin Jenkins
Andrew Marr Like all great masters, his skill is lightly worn, his sentences singing with what he does ... Read more
Andrew Marr Like all great masters, his skill is lightly worn, his sentences singing with what he does ... Read more