Swan Song
β Scribed by Greenberg-Jephcott, Kelleigh
- Book ID
- 110478227
- Publisher
- Random House
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 632 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781473543935
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β¦ Synopsis
'Brilliantly captures Capote's acid wit and his dramatic downfall.' The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR
'A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail.' - Sunday Times
'A whirlwind of a first novel. There is great pathos in the Swans' woundings and in their inevitable decline. And the character of Truman himself shimmers through the novel in a wonderful blaze of eccentricity and excess. Outstanding.' β Rose Tremain
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They told him everything.
He told everyone else.
Over countless martini-soaked Manhattan lunches, they shared their deepest secrets and greatest fears. On exclusive yachts sailing the Mediterranean, on private jets streaming towards Jamaica, on YucatΓ‘n beaches in secluded bays, they gossiped about sex, power,...
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They told him everything. He told everyone else. Over countless martini-soaked Manhattan lunches, they shared their deepest secrets and greatest fears. On exclusive yachts sailing the Mediterranean, on private jets streaming towards Jamaica, on YucatΓ‘n beaches in secluded bays, they gossiped a
SUMMARY: An ancient evil roams the desolate landscape of an America ravaged by nuclear war. He is the Man with the Scarlet Eye, a malevolent force that feeds on the dark desires of the countless followers he has gathered into his service. His only desire is to find a special child named Swan -- and