No Great Mischief A Novel [Paperback]

Alistair MacLeod musters all of the skill and grace that have won him an international following to give us[MacLeod's] entire oeuvre . . . [is] a new land that [readers'] imaginations can seize like a manifest destiny.Mesmerizing.You will have scenes from this majestic novel burned into your mind forever.His writing, graceful and elegiac, has the resonance of Steinbeck, and the violence is as raw and unchecked. But his picturesof the men, the land and their fateare more fragile, like old photographs pulled from a wallet. Endlessly creased, they will fall apart unless you unfold them with great care and patiencewhich MacLeod does beautifully.Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: This sturdily textured debut novel never hesitates or meanders.