West Coast

by Kate Muir

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755325044
• ISBN13: 9780755325047
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Headline Review
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A book of contrasts

The story explores the contrasts between the people and places around a Scottish fishing village and those in London. In one, they are rich in spirit, and in the other, well, the opposite really. Fergus, the West Highland teenager, screws up good and proper, almost killing his girlfriend into the bargain. He betrays his mates, his mother, and the memory of his father. He flees to London, armed only with his camera. After some tough times in a squat, his talent is eventually spotted, and he enters the world of the rich and pretentious. The book is well written and easy to follow, despite the jumping back and forth in time and place. This is an enjoyable read. If you have come out of a small, close-knit community into the big, wide world that surrounds us all, the scenes described in this book will feel very familiar to you.