O Caledonia A Novel

"A darkly humorous modern classic about a doomed adolescent girl, featuring a new introduction by Maggie O'Farrell, award-winning author of Hamnet. Janet lies murdered beneath the castle stairs, attired in her mother's black lace wedding dress, lamented only by her pet jackdaw... So begins O Caledonia, with the body of sixteen-year-old Janet sprawled beneath the stained-glass window of her Scottish Highlands home. The only mourner is her pet bird, and there is no shortage of suspects in the murder of the unlovely and unloved Janet. Despite this opening scene, O Caledonia is not a whodunit but an account of our ill-fated young heroine's life, from birth to early death, about sibling bonds and betrayals, isolation and loneliness, the miseries of adolescence, and the saving grace of books. Author Elspeth Barker masterfully evokes the harsh climate of Scotland in this gothic tale that has been compared to the works of the Brontes, Edgar All

ISBN:	9781668004616
Publisher:	Scribner
Imprint:	Scribner
Published date:	20 Sep 2022
DEWEY:	823.914
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	5809
Number of pages:	cm
Weight:	181g
Height:	211mm
Width:	141mm
Spine width:	14mm

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