The Outlander

by Gil Adamson | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 9780747598770 Global Overview for this book
Registered by MarthaK-H of Lewisham, Greater London United Kingdom on 2/7/2010
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Journal Entry 1 by MarthaK-H from Lewisham, Greater London United Kingdom on Sunday, February 7, 2010
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On a moonlit night in 1903, a mysterious young woman flees alone across the Canadian wilderness, one quick step ahead of her pursuers. Mary Boulton is nineteen years old, half mad, and widowed - by her own hand. Tearing through the forest with dogs howling in the distance, she is desperate, her nerves burning, and she is certain of one thing only - that her every move is being traced. Two red-headed brothers, rifles across their backs, lurch close behind her: monstrous figures, identical in every way, with the predatory look of hyenas. She has murdered their brother, and their cold lust for vengeance is unswerving. As the widow scrambles to stay ahead of them, the burden of her existence disintegrates into a battle in which the dangers of her own mind become more menacing than the dangers of the night. Along the way, the steely outlaw encounters a changing cast of misfits and eccentrics. Some, like the recluse known as 'The Ridgerunner', provide a brief respite from her solitude; others, like the Reverend Bonnycastle, offer support only to reveal that they too have their own demons raging inside. As she is plunged further away from civilisation, her path from retribution to redemption slowly unfurls. A startling transformation of the classic western narrative, The Outlander is the haunting tale of one young woman's deliberate journey deep into the wild.

About the Author:

Gil Adamson has written two acclaimed books of poetry, Primitive and Ashland, and a collection of stories, Help Me, Jacques Cousteau. Her work has also been widely published in magazines and literary journals. The Outlander is her first novel. It has won the International Association of Crime Writers' Dashiell Hammett Prize and the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Prize. It has also been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She lives with writer Kevin Connolly in Toronto.

Journal Entry 2 by MarthaK-H from Lewisham, Greater London United Kingdom on Saturday, March 20, 2010
Bought this at Waterstone's as a recommended customers choice & really looked forward to reading it. I was into it at the beginning but thought there wasn't really much substance to the story and didn't really get drawn into the main character of the Widow so wasn't really bothered about her. Overall it was alright but nowhere near as exciting as it was made out to be.

Released 14 yrs ago (3/27/2010 UTC) at Summersault Coffee House and Emporium in Rugby, Warwickshire United Kingdom

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Adding to the table of books at the Rugby meet today.

Journal Entry 4 by Beqi from Daventry, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on Saturday, March 27, 2010
Picked up at the Rugby meet. This sounded brilliant from reading the back of the book, so now added to TBR pile!

Released 12 yrs ago (6/22/2011 UTC) at The Red Lion Public House in Towcester, Northamptonshire United Kingdom

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Taking a few books along to The Red Lion OBCZ at Fosters Booth. Available on the book table next to the bar :-)

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