Almost an Island: He is the only person who holds the key to what has happened

Roger Windrush is an educator, and a man of vision - tunnel vision. But above all, he is a survivor. Finding himself 'moved on' from his teaching job after an unfortunate misunderstanding, he travels to one of Scotland's remotest areas where he fumbles his way into a senior position far beyond his capabilities. As his marriage begins to fall apart, he takes on the world single-handed. In his brave new life, he encounters pupils whose interests lie far from the classroom, a head teacher with...