In this sublime reminiscence of the pleasures of solitude, the wonders of the sea, and the odd courses life takes, Peter Hill writes, "In 1973 I worked as a lighthouse keeper on three islands off the west coast of Scotland. Before taking the job I didn't really think through...
A wonderful memoir of life as a lighthouse keeper follows a young man as he works in a series of lighthouses in 1973, drinking in Zappa, Vonnegut, Kerouac, Watergate, and Hendrix on the rocky coastline of Scotland.
When Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a lighthouse on Pladda, a small remote island off the west coast...