{"product_id":"9781904598176","title":"Greenvoe","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreenvoe, the tight-knit community on the Orcadian island of Hellya, has existed unchanged for generations. However, a sinister military\/industrial project, Operation Black Star, requires the island for unspecified purposes and threatens the islanders' way of life. In this, his first novel (1972), George Mackay Brown recreates a week in the life of the island community as they come to terms with the destructiveness of Operation Black Star. A whole host of characters - The Skarf, failed fishermen and Marxist historian; Ivan Westray, boatman and dallier; pious creeler Samuel Whaness; drunken fishermen Bert Kerston; earth-mother Alice Voar, and meths-drinker Timmy Folster - are vividly brought to life in this sparkling mixture of prose and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birlinn, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047448592624,"sku":"9781904598176","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781904598176_p0.jpg?v=1763614380","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904598176","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}