Islands of Silence: A Novel (edition 2004)

by Martin Booth

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In the summer of 1914 Alec Marquand has just graduated from college and has been hired by the lord of a remote country estate in the Scottish Highlands to survey the ancient Iron Age brochs that lie on his property. Once there Alec comes upon a small island which is called Eileen Tosdach--the Island of Silence. Just as Alec makes his amazing find, he is shipped off to war, sent to storm the beaches of Gallipoli. From the author of the Booker shortlistedThe Industry of Souls, this is a gripping tour through one man's hell in search of a path for redemption.… (more)

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This was a book I found in a sale many years ago, but became one of my favourite novels - a moving and powerfully written book contrasting the experiences of an ex-soldier numbed by war memories and a semi-wild girl found on a remote Scottish island, and the different silent worlds they inhabit. (

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bodachliath | Nov 4, 2014 |

A very elderly man who has been in a psychiatric facility for many, many decades and who does not communicate in any way to the people around him,
takes the reader into his confidence and tells story - a compelling and riveting story of discovery, wonder, and the horrors of war. (

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Over the last few weeks, the young doctor with responsibility for my case has been studiously examining me.

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In the summer of 1914 Alec Marquand has just graduated from college and has been hired by the lord of a remote country estate in the Scottish Highlands to survey the ancient Iron Age brochs that lie on his property. Once there Alec comes upon a small island which is called Eileen Tosdach--the Island of Silence. Just as Alec makes his amazing find, he is shipped off to war, sent to storm the beaches of Gallipoli. From the author of the Booker shortlistedThe Industry of Souls, this is a gripping tour through one man's hell in search of a path for redemption.

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