The Road Dance
Movie Edition
3rd Edition
Published on 1. May 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-910022-97-9 (ISBN)
Description
This edition is releasing to celebrate the release of the award winning film adaptation, starring Hermione Corfield, Will Fletcher and Mark Gatiss and directed by Richie Adams. Cinematic release set for May 2022, screening around 900 UK cinemas. Winner of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Audience Award 2021.
Kirsty MacLeod is a beautiful young woman, coveted by all the young men of her island village. She dreams of America, of following the setting sun west to a better life. She meets the man who dreams her dreams and promises to make them come true. But then the Great War breaks out and the men must leave for battle. In their honour, the islanders organise a grand Road Dance.
That night she is raped. She is left with a secret that will bring shame upon her and her family and ultimately on the child she is carrying. On a night of storms and sorrow, she has to make her choice and it is no choice at all.
Kirsty MacLeod is a beautiful young woman, coveted by all the young men of her island village. She dreams of America, of following the setting sun west to a better life. She meets the man who dreams her dreams and promises to make them come true. But then the Great War breaks out and the men must leave for battle. In their honour, the islanders organise a grand Road Dance.
That night she is raped. She is left with a secret that will bring shame upon her and her family and ultimately on the child she is carrying. On a night of storms and sorrow, she has to make her choice and it is no choice at all.
Reviews / Votes
'Powerful, shocking, heartbreaking.'- SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL'Breathtaking' - THE FILM MAGAZINE
'[MacKay] has captured time, place and atmosphere superbly...'- SUNDAY HERALD
'A gripping plot that subtly twists and turns, vivid characterisation, and a real sense of time and tradition, this is an absorbing, powerful first novel.'- SCOTS MAGAZINE
'One of the most powerful aspects of the book is the way in which it conjures up the atmosphere of fear that stalks a community where the church casts "sinners" into the wilderness.' - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
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Series
Edition
3rd Media tie-in
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Edition type
Media tie-in
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
176 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910022-97-9 (9781910022979)
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John MacKay's Hebridean roots stretch back beyond written records. His first three novels, The Road Dance, Heartland and Last of the Line, all draw on that heritage and were Scottish bestsellers. Home is his fourth novel. He has made appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe, Aye Write and Celtic Connections, and his writing has featured on national television, radio and press. He is co-anchor of STV's News at Six and Scotland Tonight, the country's most popular news and current affairs programmes.