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Hy Brasil - by Margaret Elphinstone (Paperback)

Hy Brasil - by  Margaret Elphinstone (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>After fraudulently winning a writing competition, Sidony Redruth is sent by her editor to write the first-ever travel book on Hy Brasil, a near-mythical island somewhere in the Atlantic, whose very existence has been a matter of debate as late as the nineteenth century. <br>Elphinstone's plot takes the island location as its starting point, throws in some old-fashioned piracy, a lost treasure, modern-day drug smuggling, political intrigue, an active volcano and a tragic love affair. Told through Sidony's notes for her book, <i>Hy Brasil</i> has all the elements of an adult adventure story, but it is also a contemporary thriller with literary influences ranging from <i>The Tempest</i> and <i>Treasure Island</i> to <i>Moby-Dick.</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Margaret Elphinstone is the author of eight novels, including <i>The Incomer</i> (1987), <i>A Sparrow's Flight</i> (1989), <i>Islanders</i> (1994), <i>The Sea Road</i> (2000), <i>Hy Brasil</i> (2002), <i>Voyageurs</i> (2003) and <i>Light</i> (2006). She has also had published short stories, poetry and two books on organic gardening. Her next book, <i>And Some There Be</i>, will be published by Canongate in 2009. She lives in Glasgow and teaches at the University of Strathclyde.

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