Illustrations:
B/W line drawings throughout & 8 pages of photographs
Publication date:
July 2016
Producer:
Little Toller Books
ISBN:
978-0-956254-50-4
Binding:
Sewn paperback
Introduced by:
John Lister-Kaye
Cover illustration by:
Winifred Nicholson
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Hailed as a masterpiece when it was first published, the story of Gavin Maxwell’s life with otters on the remote west coast of Scotland remains one of the most lyrical, moving descriptions of a man’s relationship with the natural world . . .
In 1957, after travelling in southern Iraq, Gavin Maxwell returned to the West Highlands of Scotland with an otter cub called Mijbil. Written in a remote cottage, this enduring story evokes the seascape and wildlife of the place where they set up home together.