Posted in
|
Patience Swift
|
|
||
|
Genre
|
|||
|
Media
|
Book
|
||
Publisher | Beautiful Books | ||
ISBN | 9781905636037 | ||
|
Reviewer
|
Jayne
|
Synopsis
A man has lived on his own beside a wild, unforgiving coastline for many years. His companions are the birds, the land and the sea. From a choice made long ago, he keeps himself separate from the world of people, and he gains a fierce pleasure from his environment. His solitude is broken by his discovery, one early morning on the flat sands of a low tide, of a child washed up on the beach, but still alive. "The Last Good Man" is a novel of redemption, the story of a man experiencing our world as though for the first time. Patience Swift creates a powerful story set within the unforgettable landscapes of the Cornish coastline.
Review
This is about Sam a very lonely man who lives beside the sea up on the cliffs. He is a lovely gentle character who has lived in the house on the cliff since he was a child and loves nothing more than to listen to the sounds of the sea and watch the birds dipping and diving over the cliff down to the water below.
He is a simple man and invariable people tend to avoid him because he keeps himself to himself but when he sees a man trapped by the turning tide he wishes that people would learn to understand the water the way he does. Sam loves fishing and always finds lots of interesting things to take back to his home.
I really enjoyed Sam and the story that unfolds about him, but felt sorry for the two other main characters that only come into his life at the very end of the book, Isobel and a young child. It is a book filled with passion and sensitivity for a loner, and yet the normal world turns against this gentle giant when he gets pulled into todays mad world. The story shows what happens when the world intrudes on Sam's solitude beside a wild, and unforgiving sea.
If you enjoy what we provide, please consider making a donation.
