The Testament of Gideon Mack

Starting off the third year in a row with a book that will undoubtedly be in my top five, if not my book of the year. This is the story of when Gideon Mack cheated death and met the Devil, and it ticked all my boxes:

found text - check!
unreliable narrator - check!
the uncanny - check!
footnotes - check!
set in a wee village in Scotland - check!
folklore and local customs - check!
standing stones - check!
religion vs the de'il - check!
ambiguous ending - check!
cantankerous but soft hearted auld wummin character I'm probably going to grow into - check!

James Robertson is an incredible storyteller, and I can't wait to read more of his work.