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A review by donaldcapone
The Stone Fish by Tom Saunders
5.0
Another fine novel from one of my favorite authors, Tom Saunders. Told in first person, it takes place on a small Scottish island. The main character’s (Jack McClegg) life changes—or does it?—when a famous film director and his two adult children (Dania and Rebob) move to the island. They are city slickers, and Jack is not. Jack represents the unchanging life of the island and its inhabitants; he represents the culture of the island passed down through the generations. Is it time for him (and the island) to change and grow? He certainly does over the main period of this novel, one summer when Dania and Rebob take up residence with their famous father at the manse, where Jack takes up work as a gardener.
Beautiful writing as always from Saunders, and this novel takes on a more cinematic aspect for me. The beauty of the island, the ocean, the beach, and the manse were all vivid to me, and made it hard for me to come to the end of this charming story.
Beautiful writing as always from Saunders, and this novel takes on a more cinematic aspect for me. The beauty of the island, the ocean, the beach, and the manse were all vivid to me, and made it hard for me to come to the end of this charming story.