The Grey Coast

A compelling, dramatic and deeply psychological story of youthful love and trapped hopes set in the startling landscape of the far North.First published by Jonathan Cape in 1926, this centenary edition celebrates a major talent and the work of one of Scotland’s most important and neglected writers.The wide-open skies, fierce seas and the ever-changing weather of Scotland’s farthest reaches, provides the setting for this gripping and emotionally acute study of young love and youthful ambition and the constraints and violence of a traditional community.Maggie and Ivor struggle to connect in a world that seems fixed on keeping them apart.The Grey Coast is a magnificent novel of land and the people who live upon it.Timeless, uncompromising and exhilarating, this is a work that marks the arrival of a startling new talent.It introduces a host of compelling characters and way of life that – though vastly different to our present age – demand our attention as much now as ever.Gunn is a major Scottish writer with an international reputation; this beautiful new edition aims to re-establish him as a central figure in Scottish letters.