Swan song - Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott

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Title
Swan song
Author
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20190627

WINNER OF THE McKITTERICK PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARD

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'Sparkling' GUARDIAN
'Fascinating' RED
'Remarkable' WOMAN AND HOME
'Astounding' EMERALD STREET
'Glamorous' IRISH TIMES
'Scandalous' DAILY MAIL
'Spellbinding' SUNDAY EXPRESS
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To the outside world, they were the icons of high society - the most glamorous and influential women of their age. To Truman Capote they were his Swans: the ideal heroines, as vulnerable as they were powerful. They trusted him with their most guarded, martini-soaked secrets, each believing she was more special and loved than the next...

Until he betrayed them.

'Writers write. And one can't be surprised if they write what they know.'
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'The new Donna Tartt' VOGUE

'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.' ROSE TREMAIN

'A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skilful re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding.' WILLIAM BOYD

'Our generation's The Secret History' PENDORA

'Brilliantly written, deeply researched, funny, sharp and moving.' - KATE WILLIAMS, bestselling author of Josephine

'Brilliantly captures Capote's acid wit and his dramatic downfall.' THE TIMES, Books of the Year

'This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud' OBSERVER

'Greenberg-Jephcott's debut is a devastating read that blurs the lines between vulnerability and narcissism; sex and power... will have you racing breathlessly towards the end' THE POOL

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Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott was born and raised in Houston, Texas, before coming to call Los Angeles and London her adopted homes. She is a graduate of UEA's Creative Writing MA course and was the winner of the Bridport Prize Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award. Swan Song, her first novel, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award.

A rich, sharp, sting of a book. It made me laugh and grimace and pity monsters. I'm still smiling about it
Stu Turton, bestselling author of THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE

Brilliantly captures Capote's acid wit and his dramatic downfall.
The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR

As deliciously gossipy as it is wretched, and Greenberg-Jephcott's unique rendering of Capote's squealing drawl of a voice is unforgettable.
Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE YEAR - Frankie McCoy

Gorgeous... That glittering world - all Dom Perignon, Sobranies, Quaalude and Chanel - is recreated with a lovely eye for detail
The Times - Robbie Millen

Since reading the totally, totally beautiful Swan Song, I have two new hobbies. Googling photos of Barbara Paley and watching videos of the Camel Walk.
Dolly Alderton

A sparkling debut vividly captures the high society women who punished Capote for his indiscreet reporting
The Guardian

A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer
cocktail
The Sunday Times

A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skillful re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding.
William Boyd

This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud
The Observer - Alex Preston

If a writer is going to craft a novel from well-known events, they might as well do it with brio, which this has in spades... A skilled and sparking debut
Guardian - Suzi Feay

Type
BOOK
Edition
1st paperback ed
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
478

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