Synopsis
'A writer of integrity and imaginative energy.' - Times Literary Supplement. 'A lyric poet of rare gusto' - The Observer. 'A writer of integrity and imaginative energy.' - Times Literary Supplement 'Getting Higher offers an almost transcendental insight into the mind of one of mountaineering's most perceptive and intuitive authors' - Strathspey & Badenoch Herald 'A writer of integrity and imaginative energy.' - Literary Supplement 'Delights and surprises' -Scottish Review of Books Alongside the mountain poems from Men on Ice, Order of the Day and Western Swing will be brand new material, facsimiles of previously unpublished material - including his first poem, written in 1972 - and illustrations and material from the National Library of Scotland archive. A beautiful collector's item full of illustrations, marginalia and notes.
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About the Authors
Andrew Greig is a Scottish writer living in Edinburgh and Orkney. He has written seven novels, a variety of non-fiction books, and nine volumes of poetry, including Found At Sea, Getting Higher: Complete Mountain Poems and This Life, This Life: New and Selected Poems. His collection The Order of the Day was a Poetry Book Society choice.
James Hutcheson worked as Creative Director at Birlinn. He has been designing books, book jackets and album covers for many years.
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