Sick Heart River

By John Buchan

Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Fiction, Edward Leithen (Fictitious character), Romans, nouvelles, European, Fiction, general

Description: Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliard is in remotest Canada searching for the River of the Sick Heart. Braving a severe Arctic winter, Leithen finds Galliard and feels his own health returning. The North has healed both men, but only one will return to civilization.