Historian-turned-novelist Charles B. McLane read from his new book, Red Right Returning, at the Island Insti-tute recently. Set on a fictitious Penobscot Bay island populated with familiar characters, Red Right Returning brings together year-rounders and summer people in a story of island life, lobster politics and personal tragedy. The Island Institute published the book this spring, and it is available at Archipelago and other bookstores.