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Key of the Chest
  
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Key of the Chest (Hardcover)

de Neil M. Gunn (Author)
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Set in a remote Scottish fishing village at the turn of the century, this richly textured novel quickly involves the reader in a baffling mystery. Dougald MacIan informs the local authorities that his brother Charlie tried in vain to rescue a shipwrecked seaman. The sailor's body and his small wooden chest, still locked, are in the brothers' isolated cottage. Suspicion of murder and robbery falls upon both brothers when it is found that the seaman was strangled, and that the reclusive, enigmatic, and impoverished MacIans are now spending money in a reckless fashion. The local gentry, including a young, self-indulgent landholder, his scholarly guest and the area's intuitive and compassionate doctor, have more than a casual interest in the two brothers. The landowner has fallen in love with the minister's daughter, Flora, who was once scandalously involved with Charlie when they were both students at Edinburgh. The villagers are electrified by news of the strangling and by rumors of Charlie and Flora's renewed romance, and many have complex motives of their own for wanting to affix blame and guilt. The mystery is virtually abandoned as the author establishes the psychological motivations of the characters in this thickly romantic and melodramatic tale. Gunn ( Blood Hunt ) died in 1973; this is the second of his works to be published here.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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Charlie, a disgraced divinity student who has lost his faith, is under suspicion of having murdered a shipwrecked seaman and stolen from his chest. A man at odds with the world and unable to conform, he faces further crisis when he embarks on a forbidden affair with a minister's daughter. --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Wordy, but good, Aoû 10 2002
Par Novathinker (Northern Virginia, USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Key Of The Chest (Paperback)
This is a good story set on the West Highland coast. Gunn's knowledge of crofting, fishing and coastal life combine with his social commentary to create an engaging book. One word of caution for fans of Hemingway-style economy of word: the plot moves along, but is frequently peppered with long explanations of ordinary things.

The Key of the Book is Gunn's commentary on intellectualism. Community insiders, the local folk, seem to have a sixth sense about them. They are very comfortable with circumstances, even in the face of significant disruption in the community. The intellectuals among them -- mostly outsiders -- are constantly trying to think things through since they lack this local intuition. Two outsiders in particular blather on incessantly about the details of everything. Not surprising for a Highland writer, these two outsiders are English.

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