Neil Gunn is the author of more than 20 works of fiction and memoir. He was born in Dunbeath, Caithness and lived, worked, and wrote about life in the Highlands. Alan Taylor is a journalist, writer, broadcaster and editor whose books include The Assassin’s Cloak, an anthology of the world’s greatest diarists, Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship with Muriel Spark, and the ‘autobiographies’ of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

“rarely has there been such a finely grained yet powerful account of the clash between fiery youthful radicalism and the stern repression of a conservative community”

Neil Gunn is the author of more than 20 works of fiction and memoir. He was born in Dunbeath, Caithness and lived, worked, and wrote about life in the Highlands. Alan Taylor is a journalist, writer, broadcaster and editor whose books include The Assassin’s Cloak, an anthology of the world’s greatest diarists, Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship with Muriel Spark, and the ‘autobiographies’ of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

“rarely has there been such a finely grained yet powerful account of the clash between fiery youthful radicalism and the stern repression of a conservative community”

Neil Gunn is the author of more than 20 works of fiction and memoir. He was born in Dunbeath, Caithness and lived, worked, and wrote about life in the Highlands. Alan Taylor is a journalist, writer, broadcaster and editor whose books include The Assassin’s Cloak, an anthology of the world’s greatest diarists, Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship with Muriel Spark, and the ‘autobiographies’ of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

“rarely has there been such a finely grained yet powerful account of the clash between fiery youthful radicalism and the stern repression of a conservative community”