An authentic and atmospheric evocation of wartime Scotland, widely regarded as one of Jenkins' finest novels. Set in the Scottish Borders in 1939, as a small town comes to terms with an influx of deprived city evacuees.
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Robin Jenkins was born in Cambuslang in 1912 and spent his childhood in Lanarkshire. He was educated at Hamilton Academy and Glasgow University, graduating in 1935 with an honors degree in English. He married in 1937 and worked as a school teacher in Glasgow and Dunoon for a number of years. He has three children. His first novel, So Gaily Sings the Lark, was published in 1950 and over twenty other books of fiction have followed, including a collection of short stories.
Jenkins left Scotland for Afghanistan in 1957, teaching for three years in Kabul. From then until his retirement in 1968 he lived abroad, working for the British Institute in Barcelona and teaching in Sabah (North Borneo), in what was once part of colonial Malaysia. He is now back in Scotland.
Jenkins left Scotland for Afghanistan in 1957, teaching for three years in Kabul. From then until his retirement in 1968 he lived abroad, working for the British Institute in Barcelona and teaching in Sabah (North Borneo), in what was once part of colonial Malaysia. He is now back in Scotland.
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