This novel set in Glasgow tells the tale of Mungo Niven, a man who possesses a fiercely Scotch conscience and feels trapped in a drab and unfulfilling existence. Mungo's wife is the extroverted and excessively cheerful Bess, too busy cracking jokes or playing whist to notice her husband's misery. When Bess is stricken by cancer, Mungo sees an opportunity for him to escape both his loveless marriage and his tyrannical conscience.
Author Biography
Robin Jenkins was born in 1912. He studied at Glasgow University and travelled and worked in Spain, Afghanistan and Borneo. He is the author of over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Fergus Lamont and The Cone Gatherers. He lives in Argyll. In 2003 he was awarded a Saltire Award for Life-time Achievement.
Reviews
'He is quite simply a major contemporary Scottish writer' * The Herald *
