The Key Of The Chest by Neil M Gunn
Charlie, a disgraced divinity student who has lost his faith, is under suspicion of having murdered a shipwrecked seaman and stolen from his chest. A man at odds with the world and unable to conform, he faces further crisis when he embarks on a forbidden affair with a minister's daughter.
Neil Miller Gunn was born in Dunbeath, one of the nine children of 'bookish' Isabella Miller, and James Gunn, a fishing skipper of local renown. In 1911, he began 26 years as an excise officer, many of them at whisky distilleries in the Highlands and the Islands. In 1921, Gunn married Jessie Frew. The first of his 21 novels, The Grey Coast, appeared in 1926. In 1937, the acclaim won by his seventh, the prize-winning Highland River, encouraged him to resign his excise post and write full-time. Gunn's wife died in 1963, and he lived alone in the Black Isle until his death. Since then, his standing as one of Scotland's finest novelists had become even more firmly established, and the Neil Gunn International Fellowship has been founded in his honor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780862417703 |
| ISBN 10 | 0862417708 |
| Title | The Key Of The Chest |
| Author | Neil M Gunn |
| Series | Canongate Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2001-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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