Swansong

In this stunningly assured, immersive and vividly atmospheric first novel, a young woman comes face-to-face with the volatile, haunted wilderness of the Scottish Highlands.

Polly Vaughan is trying to escape the ravaging guilt of a disturbing incident in London by heading north to the Scottish Highlands. As soon as she arrives, this spirited, funny, alert young woman goes looking for drink, drugs and sex – finding them all quickly, and unsatisfactorily, with the barman in the only pub. She also finds a fresh kind of fear, alone in this eerie, myth-drenched landscape. Increasingly prone to visions or visitations – floating white shapes in the waters of the loch or in the

Kerry Andrew is a fresh new voice in British fiction; one that comes from a deep understanding of the folk songs, mythologies and oral traditions of these islands. Her powerful metaphoric language gives Swansong a charged, hallucinatory quality that is unique, uncanny and deeply disquieting.

Product details

Format

Hardback
| 352 pages

Dimensions

138
x 222
x 34mm

| 649g

Publication date
25 Jan 2018

Publisher

Random House Children's Publishers UK

Imprint
Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

Language

English

ISBN10
1911214225

ISBN13
9781911214229

Bestsellers rank

829,854