Description
'Action-packed and panoramic.' Observer
'Magnificent . . . there won't be a finer piece of Scottish fiction published this year.' Big Issue
'A galloping and impressively wide-ranging read.' Herald (Scotland)
'Gripping.' Times Literary Supplement
1956, the Scottish Highlands: Aaron and Robbie, a schoolmaster's son and a farmer's boy, are fast friends with a shared passion for diving, but very divergent ideas of what they will do with their lives.
Meanwhile, Mark and Ally, bright pupils at Edinburgh's grandest private school, are aspiring to make change in the world - one through high finance, the other on the political stage.
And Joseph, heir to an Aberdeen trawler-fishing dynasty, is brooding over whether his true ambitions are set higher than his father's succession plan.
For each of them, the discovery of oil under the North Sea will make their dreams achievable. But behind the promise and temptation of 'black gold,' there is a price to be paid; and they will discover that oil can overthrow relationships, turn friends into foes, and even put lives in peril.
When oil is found of the North Sea, Britain changes forever - and with it the destinies of five very different men.
About the Author
Richard T. Kelly is the author of the novels Crusaders (2008), The Possessions of Doctor Forrest (2011) and The Knives (2016). His non-fiction publications include Alan Clarke (1998), Sean Penn: His Life and Times (2004), and Keegan & Dalglish (2017).
Book Information
ISBN 9780571346585
Author Richard T. Kelly
Format Hardback
Page Count 464
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 695g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 33mm
