The Cone-Gatherers (Canongate Classics)

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The Cone-Gatherers (Canongate Classics)

â€˜The best-kept secret in modern British literature.â€™ Andrew Marr

A haunting story of violence and love.

Calum and Neil are the cone-gatherers â€“ two brothers at work in the forest of a large Scottish estate. But the harmony of their life together is shadowed by the obsessive hatred of Duror, the gamekeeper.

Set during the Second World War, Robin Jenkinsâ€™ greatest novel is an immensely powerful examination of good and evil, and mankindâ€™s propensity for both. Removed from the destruction and bloodshed of the war, the brothersâ€™ oblivious happiness becomes increasingly fragile as darker forces close in around them.

Suspenseful, dark and unforgettable, The Cone-Gatherers is a towering work of fiction, a masterpiece of modern Scottish literature.

â€˜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.â€™ Andrew Marr

â€˜A masterpiece of concision and terrible pathos.â€™ Isobel Murray

â€˜Like all the great masters, his skill is lightly worn, his sentences singing with what he does not say.â€™ The Times

â€˜Few novels in our heritage have the bell-like harmonies of this book . . . it has a strange, haunting poetic quality, conjuring from a few props a fable of eternal significance.â€™ Iain Crichton Smith

Country	USA
Author	Robin Jenkins
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	New edition
EISBN	9781847675040
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Canongate Books
Manufacturer	Canongate Books
NumberOfPages	241
PublicationDate	2010-07-01
Publisher	Canongate Books
ReleaseDate	2011-04-01
Studio	Canongate Books

The Cone-Gatherers (Canongate Classics)

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