George Mackay Brown
Subtitle: the wound and the gift
By: Ron Ferguson
Publisher: Saint  Andrew Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780715209356
Subjects: Scottish Authors; Biography
Description: George Mackay Brown was a notoriously private man. He rarely left his native Orkney, and yet became one of the 20th century's finest poets and prose stylists. Ron Ferguson tracks his friend's literary and spiritual journey, including his controversial move from Presbyterianism to Roman Catholicism. He explores the darker, more tormented, side of Orkney's Bard and uncovers the intense relationship between alcohol, suffering and creativity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-390) and index.