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Dream Angus

The Celtic God of Dreams

Alexander McCall Smith author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Canongate Books

Published:6th Jun '19

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Dream Angus comes to you at night and bestows dreams. Just the sight of him may be enough to make you lose your heart, for he is also the god of love, youth and beauty.

In this mesmerising retelling of the Celtic myth, Alexander McCall Smith unites dream and reality, leaving us to wonder: what is life but the pursuit of dreams?

The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.

An enchanting tale * * The Times * *
A gem-like piece of work * * Daily Telegraph * *
McCall Smith brings to the Angus story a sly and deceptive simplicity, combined with a charm that has a line of tight, sharp wire running all the way through it . . . A book that is full of small marvels . . . Resonant and deeply unsettling -- John Burnside * * Guardian * *
Perhaps the finest I have read from the McCall Smith pen * * Scotsman * *
Reads like a fairytale for adults, a light, rose-tinted book . . . Well-written and smartly contemporary * * The Skinny * *

ISBN: 9781786894533

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm

Weight: 133g

192 pages

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