The Winds from Further West is a standalone slice-of-life Hebrides novel by the incomparable Alexander McCall Smith. Released 29th July 2025 by Knopf Doubleday on their Pantheon imprint, it's 256 pages and is available in hardcover, paperback, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links.
Although this is a standalone and not a contiguous with his other series, readers will instantly recognize his pacing, language, wry self-effacing humor, and whimsical characters and situations. This one is no different and fans will be right at home investing in Neil, his entanglements and disentangling and moving to a remote location, and the foundling wolves which upend his life.
Definitely worthwhile for fans of the author's oeuvre, possibly a trifle -too- sedate and philosophical as an introduction to the author's work. It would be an excellent choice for public or home library acquisition, for a buddy read, as well as a good choice for book club discussion.
Three and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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