Air A Thòir

"Nuair a bha e a’ tionndadh làmh an dorais, dh’fhairich e rud mar gum b’ e crith na chorp a dh’inns dha gur dòcha nach ann na aonar a bha e. Dh’fhan e mionaid, feuch an cluinneadh e anail ga tarraing. ‘Hello,’ dh’èigh e, is chùm e roimhe tron doras. Stad e a-rithist am broinn an taighe a’ mion-èisteachd ris an t-sàmhchair. ’N e ainm-san a bha e a’ cluinntinn ga sheinn? ‘Aonghas,’ uair is uair eile."

Cò nach iarradh beatha Aonghais? Boireannach brèagha, gaolach ri thaobh, deagh chliù is urram na dhreuchd, soirbheachadh mar sheinneadair Gàidhlig air thoiseach air. Monika, tarraingeach is foghlamaichte, air tighinn às a’ Phòlainn airson beatha ùr a dhèanamh dhi fhèin ann an Alba. Ach, chan eil a h-uile càil mar bu chòir dha duine dhan an dithis aca.

Anns an treas nobhail aige, tha Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir a’ tarraing Aonghas is Monika còmhla ann an saoghal làn charactaran dealbhach, beothail agus tachartasan a tha uaireannan èibhinn is uaireannan eagallach, ach an còmhnaidh drùidhteach. Sgrìobhadh a tha na spreigeadh don inntinn agus na thoileachas don spiorad.

If you wanted to stalk a complete stranger in secret, how would you do it? Aonghas seems to have it all: a job he loves, a beautiful girlfriend and the beginnings of a promising musical career. Monika is an intelligent, attractive recent arrival from Poland establishing a life for herself in Scotland. But, as their lives intertwine, we learn that everything is not as it seems for either of them. Award-winning writer Martin MacIntyre is at his insightful, thought-provoking best in his new novel as he draws us into a world both familiar and menacing, where his main characters play out their lives amid a vibrant supporting cast in a succession of vivid situations.