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Electric Brae

by Andrew Greig · 1992

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At the centre of the novel is the crumbling seastack of the Old Man of Hoy and the consuming relationship between a young artist, Kim, coldly passionate, talented, secretive, and Jimmy, a North Sea roughneck, engineer and climber. It deals with the possibility of friendship between men and women.

Setting
1990sscotland
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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