Islands of Silence - Paperback

by Martin Booth (Author)

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 shortlisted The Industry of Souls, this is a gripping tour through one man's hell in search of a path for redemption.

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Praise for Martin Booth's" Industry of Souls
"As we accompany Bayliss on a tour through his present and past, this meditative, unadorned novel, short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1998, raises questions about home, freedom, and the meaning of a life that resonate long after the final page is turned." --"The New York Times Book Review
"This is often lyrical and nimble, and accomplishes the not insignificant task of entertaining and enlightening by means of literary narrative."--"The Boston Book Review
"This fabric of contrasts is astonishing, as accomplished as anything in recent fiction. . . . Booth has created a world in which the best and the worst of life not only exist side by side but are inextricably linked--a world perhaps not unlike our own."--"The Seattle Times
""The Industry of Souls surpasses other novels that rest in depicting the many horrors of gulag life." --"Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Author Biography

Martin Booth is a critically acclaimed novelist, children's writer, and a documentary and feature film writer. He is the author of thirteen novels, including A Very Private Gentleman, The Industry of Souls, and Hiroshima Joe. He lives in Devon, England.