Description
On the remote island of Benbecula, a brutal family tragedy leaves one brother confined for murder and another struggling to reconstruct the events that led to it. Isolated from his community and increasingly uncertain of his own perceptions, Malcolm MacPhee revisits a past shaped by fear, silence and suspicion. Drawing on a true nineteenth-century case and the documentary record surrounding it, this atmospheric psychological novel explores madness, guilt, social ostracism and the fragile boundaries of identity. Its stark, immersive storytelling creates an unsettling portrait of a close-knit island community shadowed by violence.
Available Editions
paperback
Birlinn Ltd
Published Oct 2, 2025
133 pages
ISBN: 9781788858472
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Details
First Published
2025
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet.