# Greenvoe

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- Book: [Greenvoe](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-mackay-brown/greenvoe) ([Greenvoe.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-mackay-brown/greenvoe.md))
- Authors: [George Mackay-Brown](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-mackay-brown)
- Publisher: John Murray
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-4854-951-7
- Published: 2014-03-13
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The small Orcadian community of Greevoe has remained unchanged for generations. Now a shady government project, Operation Black Star, threatens to destroy the islander's way of life. George Mackay Brown's first novel describes a week in the life of the islanders as the come to terms with the repercussions of Operation Black Star in a masterful mix of prose and poetry from one of Scotland's greatest writers.