No Great Mischief: Adapted from the Novel by Alistair MacLeod

by David Young (Adaptor), Alistair MacLeod

The long history of the Clan MacDonald begins in 1779 as Calum Ruadh leaves Scotland to begin a new life on Cape Breton Island. Haunted by the stories and songs of the ancestry, two brothers seek to reconcile their past with their present. From the writer of "Glenn" and "Inexpressible Island" (Scirocco Drama) comes this adaptation from the award-winning novel by Alistair MacLeod.

Genres: Fiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published April 20, 2006

About the author

Librarian Note: David [9 spaces] Young

David Samuel D'Arcy Young is a Canadian playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.

Born in Oakville, Ontario, Young studied at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of seven plays, two novels and several screenplays and teleplays. Two of his plays, Inexpressible Island and Glenn, have been nominated for multiple Canadian drama awards. The play, Fire, received four Dora Mavor Moore Awards as well as the Chalmers/Toronto Drama Bench Award.

Young is also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organization that seeks to encourage Canada's writing community, and a trustee of the Griffin Prize for Excellence in Poetry.

(source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Kitty · Rating 1 out of 5]

This author desperately needed an editor! My book club chose this book and only 2 of us could get through it. I was not one. My life is too short. There are so many good books to read.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wasn't an easy read but was worth persevering with. Some parts were very gripping.