The Cone-Gatherers

The Cone-Gatherers is Robin Jenkins' masterpiece, now with an introduction from Paul Giamatti - a haunting story of love and violence, war and envy

In the shadow of a war that rages through Europe, brothers Calum and Neil work to gather pine cones in the grounds of a Scottish estate. When Calum releases two mutilated rabbits from a snare, he comes face to face with Duror, the gamekeeper. In retaliation, in the depths of the wood, Duror lays a trap for the cone-gatherers.

Neil prophesises that forces of evil will encroach upon the harmony of their lives. It is a prophesy that comes true when Duror commits an act so brutal it destroys all sense of humanity in the once thriving wood. Powerful and unforgettable, Robin Jenkins'' masterpiece is a haunting story of love and violence, and an investigation of class-conflict, war and envy.

• | Author: Robin Jenkins
• | Publisher: Canongate Books
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2012
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780857862358
• | ISBN-10: 0857862359