New Zealand, 1909. After weeks at sea the new minister, Jack Mackenzie, arrives from Scotland with his unhappy wife and children in tow. A keen naturalist, he is more enthralled by the botanical - and carnal - delights of Dunedin than in the wellbeing of his flock. In London, eighty years later, Jack Mackenzie's descendants are middle-aged, searching for a way out of their loneliness. Olive, embittered with her loveless life, steals a baby from a crowded tube; William, distraught at the death of a pupil, abandons his job as headmaster and struggles to fill his empty days. Jay Pascal, a young New Zealand vagrant of mysterious parentage arrives in London, looking for a place where he might belong.
| ISBN: | 9780349007199 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 2016 |
| Author: | Shena Mackay |
| Publisher: | Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Family Drama Classic fiction: general and literary General Fiction Crime and Mystery |
New Zealand, 1909. After weeks at sea the new minister, Jack Mackenzie, arrives from Scotland with his unhappy wife and children in tow. A keen naturalist, he is more enthralled by the botanical - and carnal - delights of Dunedin than in the wellbeing of his flock. In London, eighty years later, Jack Mackenzie's descendants are middle-aged, searching for a way out of their loneliness. Olive, embittered with her loveless life, steals a baby from a crowded tube; William, distraught at the death of a pupil, abandons his job as headmaster and struggles to fill his empty days. Jay Pascal, a young New Zealand vagrant of mysterious parentage arrives in London, looking for a place where he might belong.
Dunedin features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Family Drama, Classic fiction: general and literary, General Fiction, Crime and Mystery
Dunedin is available in Paperback
Dunedin was written by Shena Mackay and published by Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
Dunedin has 432 pages
Yes it is part of Virago Modern Classics series