Stargazing : Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper-9781841954998

Stargazing : Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper

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When Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a lighthouse on Pladda, a small remote island off the west coast of Scotland. Hill was nineteen, it was 1973 and, with his head fed by Vietnam, Zappa, Kerouac, Vonnegut, Watergate and Coronation Street, he spent six months on various lighthouses, "keeping" with all manner of unusual and fascinating people. Within thirty years this way of life was to have disappeared entirely. The resulting book is a charming and beautifully written memoir that is not only a heartfelt lament for Hill's own youth and innocence but also for a simpler and more honest age.


Book ISBN: 9781841954998
Book Author: Peter Hill
Book Format: Paperback / softback
Book Imprint: Canongate Books
Book Publisher Canongate Books
Book Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 26cm
Book Publication Date: 31/05/2004
Book Pagination: 336 pages
Book Weight: 244g

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Tamsin

Thank you Sherlock & Pages. Fast delivery and book arrived in perfect condition. It’s a gift for my Dad who used to be a lighthouse keeper. Hopefully he will enjoy it.