A leech, a pirate, a predator, an anti-Christ, a public benefactor and the fisherman's friend; such is Gillespie Strang in this remarkably powerful Scottish novel. Gillespie is the harsh prophet of the new breed of Scottish entrepreneur, prepared to use any means to achieve his insatiable ambition amongst the nineteenth-century fishing communities of the west coast.
John MacDougall Hay (1881-1919) was born and raised in Tarbert, Loch Fyne, on which he based the setting for Gillespie. A Church of Scotland minister, his knowledge of such communities and his sombre vision of good and evil shape this, his finest novel.
- ISBN10 086241427X
- ISBN13 9780862414276
- Publish Date 1 January 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 512
- Language English