num_pages: 304
description: Alistair MacLeod musters all of the skill and grace that have won him an international following to give us No Great Mischief the story of a fiercely loyal family and the tradition that drives it.Generations after their forebears went into exile the MacDonalds still face seemingly unmitigated hardships and cruelties of life. Alexander orphaned as a child by a horrific tragedy has nevertheless gained some success in the world. Even his older brother Calum a nearly destitute alcoholic living on Toronto's skid row has been scarred by another tragedy. But like all his clansman Alexander is sustained by a family history that seems to run through his veins. And through these lovingly recounted stories-wildly comic or heartbreakingly tragic-we discover the hope against hope upon which every family must sometimes rely.
language: English
title: No Great Mischief
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company