Set in the Orkneys on the fictitious island of Norday, a young poet daydreams the history of the island and its people. He travels back in time to Viking adventures at the court of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople. Part of the 1995 Scottish Book Fortnight promotion.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New ed
Publisher: Flamingo
Published: 07 Aug 1995
ISBN 10: 0006548628
ISBN 13: 9780006548621
Prizes: Shortlisted for Booker Prize for Fiction 1994.