
ABOUT THIS BOOK
PUBLISHER: Birlinn General
FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846970153
RRP: £7.99
PAGES: 320
PUBLICATION DATE:
June 1, 2007
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Poverty Castle
“Poverty Castle” is an absorbing work of contrasts and subtle irony centred around an idealistic family in Argyll. A compelling novel, it deals with human nature, as always with Jenkins, and the socialism of industrial Glasgow.
Reviews of Poverty Castle
"Jenkins Ýis a remarkable writer whose gentlest touch induces the greatest of pleasures."
Robin Jenkins
John Robin Jenkins was born in 1912, one of four children, in the village of Flemington, near Cambuslang. He studied English at the University of Glasgow. When World War II broke out, he registered as a conscientious objector and was directed to work for the Forestry Commission; he used this experience in the acclaimed novel, The Cone Gatherers. In 1957, he moved abroad to work in Spain, Afghanistan and Malaysia. In 1968, he settled in Dunoon where he remained for the rest of his life. In 2002 he received the Saltire Society’s Award for Lifetime Achievement. He died in 2005.