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The Testament of Gideon Mack
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AuthorJames Robertson
IllustratorJames Robertson
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenrePhilosophy/Religion/Tragedy
PublisherPenguin Books (UK)
Publication date
2006
Media typePaperback
Pages389
ISBN978-0-14-102335-9
OCLC77013330

The Testament of Gideon Mack is a novel written by the Scottish author James Robertson, first published in 2006. It pays conscious homage to ideas and themes originally explored with powerful effect in the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) by the Scottish novelist, essayist and poet James Hogg. Set in present day Scotland, Robertson's story of a contemporary minister of the Church of Scotland, Gideon Mack, who essentially doubts the existence of God, and thus his entire vocation, involves a wide variety of themes including questions of philosophy, tragedy, and the nature of father and son relationships. It was long-listed for the 2006 Man Booker Prize.

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