Pearl Fishers

By Robin Jenkins

Worthy of the greatest respect throughout the English-language world' - Paul Binding, Guardian 'Pared down to a sharp clarity, the prose of this novel cuts out all excess to show the cross-currents running through the heart of a community' - Times Literary Supplement 'Breathtaking in its simple beauty and honest heart' - Doug Johnstone, The Big Issue (Scotland) 'Jenkins [is] a remarkable writer whose gentlest touch induces the greatest of pleasures' - The Times When a family of travelling pearl-fishers arrives in a small Scottish town, the inhabitants react in their own different ways, from warmth to outright rejection. But how will they respond when love seems to blossom between local man Gavin Hamilton and the beautiful pearl-fisher Effie? The Pearl-fishers is a classic love story and the master storyteller's last novel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Release date: May 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9780857900227

Robin Jenkins

Robin Jenkins was born in 1912. He studied at Glasgow University and travelled and worked in Spain, Afghanistan and Borneo. He is the author of over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Fergus Lamont and The Cone Gatherers. In 2003 he was awarded a Saltire Award for Life-time Achievement. He died in 2005. 

Reviews for Pearl Fishers

[wendyrey · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A beautiful book, a simple tale elegantly told . Some of the readers in my book group found his sparse writing a bit disconcerting and the plot a bit Mills and Boonish but the writing is far better that in the average M and B and ,as can also be said of a children's book, there is nothing wrong in a well written well plotted romance, especially when there is a strong moral message in the story.Simply an overlooked gem of Scottish literature.