![]() ![]() ![]() And in a way, he is also a missing character. Angus Pendreich is the real artist-the father with whom the son can never catch up. The novel opens with Michael Pendreich, a photographer trying to “impose a bit more order” on the archive of his father’s work. ![]() I believe the main character is Jack, the man who goes missing on page 211 and who finally turns up again, in a photograph, on page 666. In fact, Scotland herself may be the main character-although I don’t think she is exactly. But what a task he has set himself here! The tale covers not only several plot lines and groups of characters, it tells the story of a whole country (Scotland) over five decades. All this is the mark of a mature novelist, writing in his prime. Such ease and flow, such assured connectedness. The quality of the writing is lovely-such pleasurable rolling phrases and paragraphs. ![]()
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