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| Original Title: | The Hill of the Red Fox |
| ISBN: | 0863155561 (ISBN13: 9780863155567) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Allan Campbell McLean
Paperback | Pages: 265 pages Rating: 4.3 | 114 Users | 15 Reviews
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It is the time of the Cold War. Soviet spies are feared and secrets traded. And people disappear. Thirteen-year-old Alasdair lives in London and knows nothing of that world. He can't wait to begin his long summer holiday on the Isle of Skye, away from his mother and aunt.But things don't go quite as planned. On the journey, a stranger gives him a mysterious note before jumping from the train. Even worse, he immediately suspects the sinister Murdo Beaton, the man with whom he's staying. Gradually adjusting to life on the small farm, Alasdair is unprepared for the web of danger and espionage that begins to unfold around him.
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| Title | : | The Hill of the Red Fox |
| Author | : | Allan Campbell McLean |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 265 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2006 by Floris Books (first published 1955) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction. Historical. Thriller |
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Ratings: 4.3 From 114 Users | 15 ReviewsEvaluate Epithetical Books The Hill of the Red Fox
No attempt at an objective review here. I loved reading it when I was a lad - and loved recreating that experience all these many years later. Great setting, enjoyable story and fine characters.I first read this book when I was in my teens and loved it then for the evocation of the Isle of Skye. I found it again whilst on holiday there this year and snapped it. I enjoyed it as much as the first time - maybe four and a half stars because I would have liked Mairi to have had more of a part in the adventure and the way her story was tied up at the end was a bit cursory but I'm not going to cavil too much over it. The books still moved me and made me cry and you can't ask for more than
I'm sorry I didn't read this as my much younger self. I would have adored it. Mind you, I still thoroughly enjoyed this adventure and feel many adults would still enjoy this suspenseful tale.
Read this 50 years ago. Heard Ali Smith mention it in her Dessert Island disc programme. Re read it - wonderful boys adventure
I really enjoyed this book. I was written in the 1950s, and set in the 1950s, so it takes for granted a certain knowledge of steam trains, farming and such like that a modern reader might find a tad confusing, but it is well written with good characters and a gripping story line. Great stuff. Aimed at teenagers, but good light reading for adults too.
One of the best books I read in my teens, hands down. The protagonist is a teenage boy, an unusual thing due to the thriller nature of the story but it works exceptionally well in a YA book written decades before that became a book category.The setting, storyline and the Duncan character who acts like a father figure are brilliant. A classic.Also only the second book I ever cried over.
Another from the scholastic book club mystery grab bag from 1984. An engaging 1950s book - it's a Scottish highland spy thriller. Skyfall might as well just be around the corner. It's not perfect and I think one's mileage may vary on whether or not children would be into it but for a book from the 50s it hasn't dated awfully either. I did think the main character was a clunkhead for not knowing what MI5 meant but then again this book was written right around the time of James Bond's first
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