An independent island state in the North Atlantic has fallen under the sway of Rolph Mylchraine, a landowner who has gained ascendancy by stage-managing witchcraft orgies and purveying cheap liquor. Opposing him is Keig, a peasant of extraordinary physical strength who gradually emerges leader on the grand scale. Through their developing struggle, which becomes a guerrilla war in the classic mould, echoes the sombre theme of the fatal tendency of power to corrupt. Mr Keating, already acknowledged as a writer of distinguished crime novels, has produced at perhaps the height of his powers a book that is not only a new departure for himself but also genuinely original.
| ISBN | 1448203260 | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | | ISBN13 | 9781448203260
(What's this?) | | Pages | 336 | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Bloomsbury Reader | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 135 | | Publication date | 14 Aug 2012 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General |
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