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
titlecomplete: No Great Mischief
genres: Fiction, Family, Canadian Literature, Canada, Scotland, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 11481
places: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award
category: Fiction Book, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Trillium Book Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Canadian Authors Association Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Metų verstinė knyga, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: W.W. Norton