← George Mackay BrownTime in a Red Coatby George Mackay BrownFind on Amazon↗About the authorGeorge Mackay BrownBrown was an Orcadian writer whose fiction and poetry celebrated the Catholic, Norse, and fishing heritage of Orkney with mythological depth and lyrical beauty. Greenvoe is his finest novel, a elegy for a traditional community.More by George Mackay BrownGreenvoeNovel of an Orkney island community transformed when an ancient site is designated for development→MagnusNovel of the medieval Scottish saint Magnus and his martyrdom on an island→VinlandNovel following Norse explorers and settlers discovering Vinland in North America→The Golden Bird→