Gordon MacLeod, a Caithness-based author, released his third novel on Amazon, for Kindle and other applications, during the the third week of July, 2012.

‘Just a Little Drop More’, follows in the footsteps of his previous successful releases about the Clearances in 2011, and about the threat to the environment of a Scottish island in 2009.

Despite the serious nature of the themes he has covered in these previous works, they are interspersed with humour, but “not so” with his new work.

“Undoubtedly there are humourous aspects to some of the characters with their idiosyncracies”, he said, “but ‘Just a Little Drop More’ is overall much more serious in tone”, he says.

“The subject matter is pretty heart rendering stuff, and raises quite a few serious questions for the reader, about how we treat vulnerable people in our society, but more so, how attitudes following years of inertia might dictate future policy in relation to safeguarding their welfare”.

Gordon’s last novel recieved good reviews in the United Kingdom, in the United States, and on Amazon.

His first novel published in 2009 by Tartan Moon was one of that publisher’s best sellers at the time, and was compared by them to a modern day ‘Whisky Galore’.

“What would you compare your current novel to?” we asked.

“A relative recently compared it to a film I have yet to see called, ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, but whether or not that is the case, I’ve yet to see for myself”, he suggested.

Gordon also Podcasts about his novels and social issues , and these can be downloaded for free from the Apple itunes Store. More information about his work can be viewed on his website,

http://gordonmacleod.weebly.com/index.html

“What would class as a successful outcome for his new novel?” we queried.

“A success for me, is if it gets people thinking and talking about issues, they might not otherwise have given much thought to, up till now”.

‘Just a Little Drop More’, by Gordon MacLeod, was released on Amazon for Kindle in mid- July.

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