Neil Gunn

Introduction by Alan Taylor

A rivetingly precise account of a single life played over the course of one day, in company with Robert Seethaler’s A Whole Life and The Death of Ivan Illyitch by Leo Tolstoy.

One of the most important Scottish writers of the twentieth century ― Times Literary Supplement

Modern Scottish fiction reaches its highest peak in the novels of Neil M. Gunn...Like Hardy, and indeed Joyce...he transcends regionalism and acquires universality ― The Scotsman

Neil Gunn has given us a wonderful body of work – greater than Gibbon's and therefore the greatest achievement of its kind in modern Scottish literature ― Hugh MacDiarmid

ISBN: 9781918204025

RRP: £15.00

Publication Date: 21 May 2026

Format: Hardback

Extent: 320 pages

Size: 198 x 129 mm