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The Captain of Kinnoull Hill
The Captain of Kinnoull Hill
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Dennis Duckworth - widely considered the least-likeable person on the Chicago music scene - is a philanderer and a misanthrope with a history of inflicting pain and suffering on nearly everyone he meets. When a routine flight from New York mysteriously alters its path mid-flight, he finds himself penniless and stranded on a remote hillside in rural Scotland. The hill is home to Eddie the Red Cap - a curmudgeonly, thousand-year-old goblin who secretly loves books and regrets the violent past of his people. Eddie is determined to put his murderous life of mayhem behind him; Dennis merely wants to stop being a jackass. How can it be that Dennis faces the bigger challenge? Filled with absurdity, magic, humour and hope, The Captain of Kinnoull Hill asks what happens when we can no longer abide our own nature. How much can we truly change about ourselves and -- in the end -- is it worth it to try?
The Captain of Kinnoull Hill was nominated for the Hamilton Literary Award for Fiction (2017) and the 2017 ReLit Award
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Publication year: 2016
Publication date: 2016-10-15
Pages: 304
Binding: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Palimpsest Press
Condition: Like New Condition
ISBN: 9781926794365
Dimensions: 5.25 x 0.4 x 8.25 in
Weight: 0.7 lb View full details