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The small Orcadian community of Greevoe has remained unchanged for generations. Now a shady government project, Operation Black Star, threatens to destroy the islander's way of life. George Mackay Brown's first novel describes a week in the life of the islanders as the come to terms with the repercussions of Operation Black Star in a masterful mix of prose and poetry from one of Scotland's greatest writers.
Seriously, just go and read anything by George Mackay Brown. This in particular is brutal, funny, heartbreaking, and just achingly beautiful in a wild, Orcadian way.
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