A review by bluestarfish
Beside the Ocean of Time by George Mackay Brown

4.0

Dreams and history intertwine in the imaginary world of Thorfinn Ragnarson and his daily life on the island of Norday (in the Orkneys). The first few chapters with the boy are deceptively naive and I read through them wondering what was going on, but halfway through things pick up and the boy grows into a man and the twentieth century happens to the island. A great title too.