Whirligig by Magnus Macintyre as a specimen of the eco-psychological novel

The article offers an overview of Whirligig by Magnus Macintyre defined as an eco-psychological novel for its main conflict is based on the controversy about the use of wind farms - one of the renewable sources of energy. All the characters turn out to be involved in the polemics but their motives are diverse, their opinions range very widely thus representing various psychological types and degrees of ecological consciousness.