Well at the World's End

When A.J. Mackinnon quits his job in Australia, he knows only that he longs to travel to the Well at the World''s End, a mysterious pool on a remote Scottish island whose waters, legend has it, hold the secret to eternal youth.

Determined not to fly (''It would feel like cheating''), he sets out with a rucksack, some fireworks and a map of the world and trusts chance to take care of the rest. By la...