These are the stories of indelible winter evenings, the background for dreams: The whitest whites and the blackest blacks – and of course, the strongest of the strong. Small minds get their comeuppance, pomposity gets leveled and rip-roaring stories continue to roar. Told with the pride and joy that only an exiled son can bring to the world of his heart and his childhood, this is wonderful writing about the peace and raw humour of Celtic Cape Breton’s Golden Age.

By Neil MacNeil