The Finklestein Legacy

Hugh Grant, delivers his first novel based mainly on his home city of Inverness. It draws heavily on his own experiences of crofting and managing hotels in the Highlands.
This heart-warming and nostalgic novel, set in the post-war era of the forties and fifties, is a well-crafted story by a natural raconteur. It tells of the remarkable journey by a disadvantaged young man, Denzil Morrison, who starts off as a lowly "boots" and rises to become the youngest Maitre d' of the prestigious Royal Hotel in Inverdeen.