The Corncrake and the Lysander

The unhurried pattern of life in the 30's on an island in the Outer Hebrides, with rich and warm characterisation of people long gone.It mixes joys, sadness, and nostalgia. Mr. MacDonald must have been a remarkable man to move from such a basic lifestyle of almost peasantry on Harris, to a successful career in journalism. Although English was a second language he uses it with simple mastery