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About the Author
he is one of the leading Scottish writters of his generation. As well as six poetry collections of poetry, including the cult Men on Ice, A Flame inYour Heart (with Kathleen Jamie, The order of the day (Poetry Book Society Choice)and western swing, he has published two books chronicling his Himalyan expaditions. His novels include Electric Brae (Canongate, 1992) The return of John Mcnab (Headline, 1996). and When They Lay Bare (Faber 1999). His latest novel , That Summer (Faber, 2000), a wartime romance set in the summer of 1940, has brought his work to a much wider readership. He lives in Orkney and the Lothians.