Publisher's Synopsis
'Sick Heart River is Buchan's most powerful novel and his last. Buchan's descriptions of the rugged Canadian Northwest Territories are influenced by his real-life voyage down the Mackenzie River in 1937. Lawyer and politician Sir Edward Leithen has been diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis and has been given a year to live. A former colleague requests help to find his niece's husband. Leithen agrees to help.
