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Classical in form, earnest, grave and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Ken McGoogan, Kenneth McGoogan
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers, Transworld Publishers Limited, Carroll & Graf
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553814934
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First sentence
“In June 1833, in the rugged Orkney Islands of northern Scotland, a restless, energetic young ship's doctor stood on the deck of a weather-beaten fur-trading vessel as it sailed out of Stromness harbour.”
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