Dream Angus comes to you at night and bestows dreams. Just the sight of him may be enough to make you lose your heart,for he is also the god of love,youth and beauty.
In this mesmerising retelling of the Celtic myth,Alexander McCall Smith unites dream and reality,leaving us to wonder: what is life but the pursuit of dreams
The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers,each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong,Margaret Atwood,A.S. Byatt,David Grossman,Natsuo Kirino,Alexander McCall Smith,Philip Pullman,Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781786894533Number of pages: 192Weight: 133 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mmEdition: Main - Canons
MEDIA REVIEWS
'An enchanting tale'- The Times
'A gem-like piece of work'- Daily Telegraph
'McCall Smith brings to the Angus story a sly and deceptive simplicity,combined with a charm that has a line of tight,sharp wire running all the way through it... A book that is full of small marvels... Resonant and deeply unsettling'- John Burnside,Guardian
'Perhaps the finest I have read from the McCall Smith pen'- Scotsman
'Reads like a fairytale for adults,a light,rose-tinted book... well-written and smartly contemporary'- The Skinny
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith (or Sandy as he is often known) has written and contributed to over a hundred books including fiction,non-fiction and more than thirty children's books but he is best known for his No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series set in Botswana which has sold over twenty million copies worldwide.
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