Barker, Elspeth
O Caledonia (W&N Essentials)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781474620512
- author:
- Barker, Elspeth
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 20 x 12.6 x 2 centimeters (0.20
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Classics, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
O Caledonia is a vivid and eccentric novel about a young girl's life spent in a Scottish castle, where she must turn to her imagination to cope with the challenges of her reality. Twisted in murderous death, Janet's life is marked by misunderstandings and a world of prettier, smoother-haired siblings, a Nanny with a face like the North Sea, and a peculiar, whisky-swigging Cousin Lila.
With a unique blend of dark humour and black wit, Elspeth Barker's writing brings to life a world of strange and wonderful characters, where the boundaries between humans and animals, and reality and fantasy, are constantly blurred.
This is a remarkable and unforgettable novel, written with ferocious zest and a deep understanding of the human experience.
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