Mearns classic lifts book honour

Sunset Song, the classic crofting elegy set in the Mearns, has been voted "Best Scottish Book of All Time".
The work, by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, received more than 400 votes from the public over a six-month period.
The result, announced at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, saw Sunset Song 80 votes ahead of the second placed work, The Game of Kings. Article continues