- The Chimes
- Square Baw
- Unlikely Stories, Mostly
- Supernatural Short Stories
- Insurrection: Scotland’s Famine Winter
- Sunset Song
- Prophet Song
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle
- If It Bleeds
- Les Misérables
The Chimes
Dickens satirises the middle classes and those in office that promoted policy that sought to prevent working-class people from marrying and having families.
Unlikely Stories, Mostly
[…] fable-like and pourquoi stories that are funny and entertaining, in which Gray demonstrates the breadth of his talent as a writer.
Supernatural Short Stories
This [collection] demonstrates an attention to detail and knowledge of the Highland way of life in the face of its degradation which began with the genocide perpetrated after the Jacobite Uprising and the ethnic cleansing that continued apace during the lifetime of Scott.
Insurrection: Scotland’s Famine Winter
The book gives testament to the bravery of ordinary men and women […] who stood up to face legal threat and military violence in the face of famine and destitution.
Sunset Song
John Guthrie is a mean-spirited and brutal man, bringing with him a constant threat of physical, mental and sexual abuse, all in the name of ‘The Kirk’.
Prophet Song
“How quickly we could find ourselves nervously passing a checkpoint or dreading the whistle of bombshells in the night.”
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson Through the eyes of the misanthropic narrator, Merricat, the reader is immediately drawn into a world where nothing seems quite right. Merricat makes her way past cruel and taunting neighbours, all the while dropping a trail of crumbs which inform us little by little of a family tragedy which lies several years…
If It Bleeds
Sometimes, when you hear a new song on the radio, you instantly recognise the guitar. Even if you’ve never heard the song before, you know the guitarist from the unique sound of their telecaster or from the way that they are picking the strings.
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo I only got round to reading this last year, at the age of fifty-two. Part of me wishes I had read it earlier, but then, on the other hand, there are many books that I wish I could read again for the first time so I’m glad I saved this one till…
Iain Mac Lachlainn 