Neil Gunn was the son of a Caithness fisherman, brought up in the little fishing village of Dunbeath, and he wrote almost exclusively from within that world.'
It was through the novels of Neil Gunn that the Gaelic society of Scotland found a voice in English fiction. But does that unique voice have the breadth of appeal to overcome the neglect Gunn's work has encountered?
Ian Grimble presents his own assessment
Reader TOM FLEMING
Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester