No Great Mischief
Alistair MacLeod / Apr 12, 2021
No Great Mischief Alistair MacLeod musters all of the skill and grace that have won him an international following to give us No Great Mischief the story of a fiercely loyal family and the tradition that drives it Gen

Alistair MacLeod musters all of the skill and grace that have won him an international following to give us No Great Mischief, the story of a fiercely loyal family and the tradition that drives it.Generations after their forebears went into exile, the MacDonalds still face seemingly unmitigated hardships and cruelties of life Alexander, orphaned as a child by a horrific tAlistair MacLeod musters all of the skill and grace that have won him an international following to give us No Great Mischief, the story of a fiercely loyal family and the tradition that drives it.Generations after their forebears went into exile, the MacDonalds still face seemingly unmitigated hardships and cruelties of life Alexander, orphaned as a child by a horrific tragedy, has nevertheless gained some success in the world Even his older brother, Calum, a nearly destitute alcoholic living on Toronto s skid row, has been scarred by another tragedy But, like all his clansman, Alexander is sustained by a family history that seems to run through his veins And through these lovingly recounted stories wildly comic or heartbreakingly tragic we discover the hope against hope upon which every family must sometimes rely.
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Alistair MacLeod
When MacLeod was ten his family moved to a farm in Dunvegan, Inverness County on Nova Scotia s Cape Breton Island After completing high school, MacLeod attended teacher s college in Truro and then taught school He studied at St Francis Xavier University between 1957 and 1960 and graduated with a BA and B.Ed He then went on to receive his MA in 1961 from the University of New Brunswick and his PhD in 1968 from the University of Notre Dame A specialist in British literature of the nineteenth century, MacLeod taught English for three years at Indiana University before accepting a post in 1969 at the University of Windsor as professor of English and creative writing During the summer, his family resided in Cape Breton, where he spent part of his time writing in a cliff top cabin looking west towards Prince Edward Island.