Charles and Addington Gaunt must find their free-spirited brother, Simon, who has gone missing in the wilds of the American West. They enlist the services of a guide to lead them on their journey across a harsh and unknown landscape. This is the enigmatic Jerry Potts, half Blackfoot, half Scottish, who suffers his own painful past.
They are joined by Lucy Stoveall, a woman filled with rage and sorrow over the loss of her young sister Madge who was brutally murdered. She is on a vengeful mission to track down and kill the murderous Kelso brothers. The group is joined by a jumble of other characters en route, each of whom are forced to confront their own demons.
But at the novel's centre is a love story. Vanderhaeghe glides effortlessly through the patois and frontier talk, faultlessly switching from cultured English characters to American roughnecks to Scots-Canadians, and the natural prairie landscape is evoked brilliantly.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349117263
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 540 g
Dimensions: 204 x 126 x 34 mm
Superb set-pieces - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Brute savagery, high jinks and a great deal of blackish humour - SPECTATOR
For those who have not discovered him yet, Vanderhaeghe is an exciting new frontier. - SUNDAY TRIBUNE
A rich and emotionally vital novel- a treat to read. - OBSERVER
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