I get the impression that the book is self published. The writer, Mr Mortimer, is based a few miles down the Northumberland coast in Cullercoats. He decides to 'exile' himself to Holy Island for 100 days and to write a book about it. His 'exile' involves living in a comfortable holiday cottage in a small village with at least three pubs, several cafes and a bus service to the nearest large town and visited by large numbers of tourists. The resultant book is in diary form of his daily experience. Which involves inflicting himself on residents whilst taking little or no interest in his surroundings. He comes across as a dislikeable personality, which to be fair, he admits from time to time. Most of the village residents want nothing to do with him once he has told them he is there to write a book which is basically about them. Quite a number of times he takes the trouble to remind us that he is a writer, giving me the impression that he is trying to convince himself as mush as his readers. The end result of the book is that we learn much more about Mr Mortimer than we do about Holy Island. But, again, he fleetingly admits that was his purpose in writing. The outcome for me anyway is that I've learned more than enough about him. A writer he may well be but not a very good one. ( )