Black Swan Green (Unabridged)
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5.0 • 4 Ratings
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- £17.99
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- £17.99
Publisher Description
Jason Taylor is 13, doomed to be growing up in the most boring family in the deadest village on earth. In 13 chapters we follow 13 months of his life as he negotiates the pitfalls of school and home and contends with bullies, girls, and family politics. In the distance, the Falklands conflict breaks out; close at hand, the village mobilises against a gypsy camp. And through Jason's eyes, we see what he doesn't know he knows and watch unfold what will make him wish his life had been as uneventful as he believed.
Customer Reviews
Black Swan Green
David Mitchell's 'Black Swan Green' is an outstanding account of the trials and triumphs of growing-up in the UK in the early 1980s. This excellent novel brings to life the outstanding beauty and freedoms of a privileged childhood in the Malverns with a brilliant juxtaposition of surviving in a Comprehensive School with a debilitating speech impediment; well observed, honest and enormously enjoyable whether or not you lived through this period. Fans of 'Cloud Atlas' will also enjoy the references to his most celebrated novel. Outstanding; buy it!