Wide Eyed by Ruaridh Nicoll
A remote fishing village in Scotland seems the perfect place for Betsy Gillander to abscond for a few days with her fiance. The enforced intimacy opens Betsy's eyes to the indolent cruelty of the man she's agreed to marry, while in the hotel bar the locals gather, increasingly anxious for news of a boat still out at sea.'Absorbing..while the narrative is well-crafted and builds to a bravura climax, it is in the evocation of atmosphere, that elusive art, that Nicoll really earns his spurs'
* Sunday Telegraph *'A quietly spooky tale...unsettling and oddly exhilarating'
* Sunday Telegraph *'Emotionally-wrought...in turn lyrical and violent, fable-like and gutsy'
* Sunday Herald *'Nicoll writes intricate, accurate prose and offers alluring descriptions of the Scottish landscape...The landscape of Wide Eyed is beautiful and the situation is fascinating'
* Guardian *'Lyrical and compelling...Another triumph'
* The List *
Ruaridh Nicoll was born in Arbroath, Angus, in 1969 and raised in the Highland county of Sutherland. An award-winning journalist, he has been the Observer's US correspondent and the Guardian's Southern Africa correspondent. He's currently editor of the Observer Magazine. The acclaimed White Male Heart was his first novel and his second, Wide Eyed, is also set in rural Scotland. Ruaridh Nicoll dvides his time between London and Edinburgh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552999045 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552999040 |
| Title | Wide Eyed |
| Author | Ruaridh Nicoll |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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