1/10. Set in the Scottish Highlands, James Robertson’s latest novel reveals the secrets, both comic and tragic, of two incomers to the rural idyll of an Angus glen. In 1809, the antiquarian Charles Gibb arrives to study an ancient book held in the library of Glen Conach house. But Gibb’s own journal tells a different story. It reveals he’s more interested in a roof over his head than he is in books. In the present day, the artist Maja lives a solitary life in the glen - but she is visited by a boy who claims he sees a ghost. Characters separated by the centuries are united in their fascination for a place where time often
seems to stand still.

Read by Phyllis Logan
Abridged by the author
Producer: Bruce Young Show less