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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: "This sturdily textured debut novel never hesitates or meanders."--<em>Library Journal</em><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Alistair MacLeod musters all of the skill and grace that have won him an international following to give us <em>No Great Mischief</em>, the story of a fiercely loyal family and the tradition that drives it.<br /><br /> Generations after their forebears went into exile, the MacDonalds still face seemingly unmitigated hardships and cruelties of life. Alexander, orphaned as a child by a horrific tragedy, has nevertheless gained some success in the world. Even his older brother, Calum, a nearly destitute alcoholic living on Toronto's skid row, has been scarred by another tragedy. But, like all his clansman, Alexander is sustained by a family history that seems to run through his veins. And through these lovingly recounted stories-wildly comic or heartbreakingly tragic-we discover the hope against hope upon which every family must sometimes rely.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[MacLeod's] entire oeuvre . . . [is] a new land that [readers'] imaginations can seize like a manifest destiny.--Thomas Mallon "The New York Times Book Review"<br><br>His writing, graceful and elegiac, has the resonance of Steinbeck, and the violence is as raw and unchecked. But his pictures--of the men, the land and their fate--are more fragile, like old photographs pulled from a wallet. Endlessly creased, they will fall apart unless you unfold them with great care and patience--which MacLeod does beautifully.-- "Los Angeles Times"<br><br>Mesmerizing.--Margaret Flanagan "Booklist"<br><br>You will have scenes from this majestic novel burned into your mind forever.--Alice Munro<br>

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