Shortlisted for both the McVities Prize and the Boardman-Tasker
Award, this book was hailed on its original release in 1992 as a
seminal work in Scottish literature. The story, subtitled A modern
romance, is set in the grab-it-and-run 1980s - a time of imploding
idealism among those of the baby boomer generation. Passionate
love, obsession and betrayal are played out around the mountains of
Scotland and beyond, and the sense of Scottish identity is central
to everything that happens. Greig has published books of poetry and
also written about mountaineering, and his knowledge of both these
disciplines is in evidence here. He tells the story from various
perspectives, in present tense and past, first person and third.
The method works well, allowing subtle shifts of emphasis. In
exploring his characters psyches he reveals some disturbing things
about humanity as a whole as well as a few that are uplifting.
Anyone who lived through the turbulent 80s will relate to the
themes in Greigs story. He has created a compelling study of
character and attitudes that derives much of its power from the
rugged Scottish landscape and the complex relationships of three
people with very different reasons for being there. His account is
totally evocative of time and place, and lightened by some
sophisticated humour. This is a quality piece of fiction that
certainly merits its reissue. (Kirkus UK)
At the centre of Electric Brae is the crumbling sea-stack of the
Old Man of Hoy and the consuming relationship between a young
artist, Kim, coldly passionate, talented, secretive, and Jimmy, a
North Sea roughneck, engineer and climber. Acclaimed on publication
for marking a brave new direction in the course of Scottish
fiction, Electric Brae is a story of love and loss, loyalty and
betrayal, and fathers and children.
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