Whirligig

Claypole is not a large man. He is a fat man. A fat man with thin limbs, like an egg with tentacles. And life is not going well. Hes alone, idle, and on the brink of a medical crisis when a childhood acquaintance makes him an offer he cant understand, cant talk about, but ultimately cant refuse. A week later, he finds himself in the wilds of Scotland, plunged into an eccentric community at war over a wind farm. And hes supposed to be a backer, but he has no idea what side hes on, even though it may bag him a lot of money. All he wants is to look like a hero in front of the woman with the bright blue eyes who brought him here. To do so he must run the gauntlet of a family with many dark secrets, some dangerous hippies and their hallucinogenic potions, and the wilderness itself with all its threats and dangers. Whirligig is a raucous, joyous, often poignant comedy about the redemptive power of the countryside. Written with peerless wit, its a timely fable that takes its place within the tradition of the Great English Comic Novel. Its The Wicker Man as told by P.G. Wodehouse.