
'A jam-packed, dizzying piece of fiction' Scotland on Sunday 'Toweringly ambitious, virtually flawlessly realized, a masterpiece and, without a doubt, my book of the year' Daily Mail The winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award 2010, And the Land Lay Still is a masterful insight into Scotland's history in the twentieth century and a moving, beautifully written novel of intertwined stories. It is a moving, sweeping story of family, friendship, struggle and hope - epic in every sense. James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants, journalists and politicians, drop-outs and spooks, all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great and rapid change.


And the Land Lay Still is the sweeping Scottish epic by James RobertsonĪnd the Land Lay Still is nothing less than the story of a nation.
