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A critical success on both sides of the Atlantic, this darkly imaginative novel from Scottish author James Robertson takes a tantalizing trip into the spiritual by way of a haunting paranormal mystery. When Reverend Gideon Mack, a good minister despite his atheism, tumbles into... Read Full Overview

A critical success on both sides of the Atlantic, this darkly imaginative novel from Scottish author James Robertson takes a tantalizing trip into the spiritual by way of a haunting paranormal mystery. When Reverend Gideon Mack, a good minister despite his atheism, tumbles into... Read Full Overview

A critical success on both sides of the Atlantic, this darkly imaginative novel from Scottish author James Robertson takes a tantalizing trip into the spiritual by way of a haunting paranormal mystery. When Reverend Gideon Mack, a good minister despite his atheism, tumbles into... Read Full Overview

A Scottish minister who doesn?t believe in God meets the devil in this beguiling American debutA good man?and a good minister despite his atheism?Gideon Mack leads a respectable life that is shattered when he falls down a ravine and into the raging river below. Presumed dead,... Read Full Overview

The Testament of Gideon Mack is James Robertson's acclaimed novel exploring faith and belief.

Mack is a minister who doesn't believe in God, the Devil or an afterlife. One day he discovers a standing stone in the middle of a wood where previously there had been none. Unsure what to make of this apparition, Mack's life begins to unravel dramatically.