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Sick Heart River (Paperback)

by John Buchan (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (12 Dec 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014006804X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140068047
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,116,600 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliard is in remotest Canada searching for the River of the Sick Heart. Braving an Arctic winter, Leithen finds the banker. Leithen's health returns, but only one of the men will return to civilization. AUTHBIO: John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He wrote adventure novels, short-story collections and biographies. His passion for the Scottish countryside is reflected in much of his writing. Buchan's adventure stories are high in romance and are peopled by a large cast of characters. Richard Hannay, Dickson McCunn and Sir Edward Leithen are three that reappear several times. Alfred Hitchcock adapted his most famous book The Thirty-Nine Steps for screen. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fond farewell, 20 Feb 2007
By Andrew Vermes (Hassocks, West Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sick Heart River (Paperback)
Sir Edward Leithen - perhaps the most complex of the group of Buchan characters that include Sandy Arbuthnot, Richard Hannay etc - embarks on a search for a missing friend in the far north. He is a very sick man - a fateful reminder that Buchan himself was to die not long after writing this. Buchan delivers his familiar high quality adventure but probes further into man's frailty and emotions than before, and delivers a beautiful swansong.
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5.0 out of 5 stars No, it isn't "The Thirty-Nine Steps", 7 Nov 2009
By Mr. A. J. Norman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sick Heart River (Paperback)
Leithen's death is perhaps the way Buchan would have wanted to die - on a quest, in the wild places of the North, pushing himself to the last in the service of others. No hun-biffing, no sinister conspiracies, no chases across Europe - if you want action, try the earlier Leithen books (The Power House, John Macnab and The Dancing Floor). This is a touching, reflective story of a small band of bewildered men trying to make sense of life, and more importantly death (Leithen, like Buchan when he wrote the book, is dying and knows it).
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5.0 out of 5 stars A story of heroism., 26 Sep 2009
By Dr. C. Wardrop "cajw" (Scotland,U.K.) - See all my reviews
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This wonderful story (aka "Mountain Meadow" in USA)gives one a chance of dispelling the cyncism and pessimism bred by the news of the present day,in the same way that religious contemplation can afford.

It's a "great outdoors" story of heroism,set mainly in arctic Canada in the 1930s,but has a universal relevance for humanity.

Published first in 1941,poshumously,from the author of "39 Steps," John Buchan, it has now been reprinted.

Recommended for readers who need moral uplift for the mind!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not The 39 Steps
This is not typical Buchan. It is full of introspection which holds up the narrative such as it is. There are beautiful verbal pictures of the north of Canada. Read more
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