No Great Mischief, MacLeod, Alistair. Published by McClelland & Stewart,1999. Black boards, silver gilt titles. Signed and dated October 18, 2000 by author on half title. 8vo up to 9½” tall. 283 pages. Volume in mint, unread condition except for faint black ink stamp to outer tail edge; unclipped jacket has very light edge wear and otherwise fine.
Alistair Macleod (1936-2014) was an esteemed Canadian academic and fiction writer who received many literary awards. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. . In 2002, The Herald of Glasgow described Mr. MacLeod as “one of the greatest living writers in English”; his work has now been translated into many foreign languages. A master of the short story, No Great Mischief was MacLeod’s first and only novel. It was published to great critical acclaim and in 2001, won the International Impac Dublin Literary Award among other literary awards. 002667 $35
