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Synopsis
Many things change in the life of a fourteen-year-old boy when after fifty days of rain the sun returns and a stranger arrives in the small town on the Isle of Skye.
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About the Author
Allan Campbell McLean was born in 1922. After World War Two he wrote about his experiences of war in his pacifist novel The Glass House, and then turned his attention wholly to writing. He is the author of the children's books The Master of Morgana, The Hill of the Red Fox, Storm over Skye and A Sound of Trumpets, also published in Kelpies.
Review
'A riveting story of harsh injustices and prejudices that turns into a strange parable... a climax that has almost visionary quality. Mr McLean is a very powerful writer indeed.' -- The Guardian 'This haunting novel focuses on the clearance township of Uig on Skye in 1877. Calum's vivid flash-back narrative incorporates biblical and folktale elements. Its ambiguities will promote differing interpretations among young readers.' -- Treasure Island: A guide to Scottish fiction for young readers aged 10-14, Summer 2003
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- PublisherH. Z. Walck
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0809831082
- ISBN 13 9780809831081
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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The Year of the Stranger
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket is complete but a little rubbed to edges. Internally very clean. A novel about the stranger who brings prosperity to the Hebridean island of Skye in the 1870s. Seller Inventory # 733
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THE YEAR OF THE STRANGER
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THE YEAR OF THE STRANGER.
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Henry Z. Walck, New York, 1971
ISBN 10: 0809831082
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. 192 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). "When the hated factor caught Mata the tinker at the salmon poaching he planned a terrible punishment for him. And it was on the night of Mata's ordeal in the midst of a fearful thunderstorm that Calum Og discovered how the mysterious Cave of Gold had been given its name. But the thunderstorm was the start of a blight upon the little crofting township - week after week of rain and mist, the crops failing for want of sun. And then the Stranger arrived, bringing with him sunshine and fresh hope. On the same day the factor fell from his horse, and lay unconscious, unable to prevent the Stranger from leading the boys in the building of a great fish-trap. But when the herring shoals came up the loch, and the trap was filled with fish, the men turned against the Stranger and drove him from the township; and the seemingly endless sunshine turned to torrential rain. And still the Cave remained a mystery to Calum Og until the night of the flood - the night of the 13th of October 1877, when he learned the secret of that Cave of Gold.What really happened to Mata the tinker? Was it mere chance that the factor fell from his horse the day the Stranger came ashore? Who is the Stranger? Set in the Isle of Skye in the harsh 1870s, (this book) will be enjoyed by everyone with a sense of history and a taste for the unusual." Tiny foxing mark at top edge of rear endpapers, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, tiny scuff on fore-edge of front board. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top bottom of spine and flap-folds, a few very small edge tears, tiny hole at top part of front flap-fold, minor rubbing. Very Good/Very Good. Seller Inventory # 25886
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The Year of the Stranger
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Garth Floyd Dust Jacket (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing;n dj w/price clipped, in mylar; 192 clean, unmarked pages. Seller Inventory # 029727
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The Year of the Stranger.
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ISBN 10: 0809831082
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Near fine in a near fine (upper corner of front flap is clipped) dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 92080
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