Vixen
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Vixen
By (Author) Rosie Garland
HarperCollins Publishers
The Borough Press
23rd February 2015
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Historical fiction
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
416
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 26mm
300g
Description
Rosie Garlands extraordinary tale is a story of superstition and devotion in the time of the Black Death and will bewitch both new readers and fans of her much-loved debut, The Palace of Curiosities.
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The villagers of Brauntone are awaiting a sign. As they haul a stinking creature from the nets, new priest Father Thomas thinks it has finally come.
In the hands of his young housekeeper, Anne, this creature is revealed as just a girl, but in the mind of Father Thomas she is to be so much more than that. And he will stake all but his own life on that as the Plague rages towards Brauntone and its people turn to him to save them.
Reviews
Praise for Vixen:
Poetic, surprising, sexy and ultimately deeply moving, Vixen will have you hooked it will stay with you long after youve reached the final page DIVA
Praise for The Palace of Curiosities:
Garlands lush prose is always a pleasure Guardian
An alternately brutal and beautiful story about love and belonging in a vividly conveyed underworld, rich in carny phantasmagoria and lyrical romance Metro
Bewitching Good Housekeeping
A jewel-box of a novel Garland is a real literary talent: definitely an author to watch Sarah Waters
Reminds me of Angela Carter Jenni Murray
Author Bio
Born in London to a runaway teenager, Rosie has always been a cuckoo in the nest. She is an eclectic writer and performer, ranging from singing in Goth band The March Violets through touring with the Subversive Stitch exhibition in the 90s, to her current incarnation as Rosie Lugosi the Vampire Queen, cabaret chanteuse, incomparable compere and electrifying poet. She has published five solo collections of poetry and her award-winning short stories, poems and essays have been widely anthologized. She is is the author of Vixen and her debut novel, The Palace of Curiosities won Book of the Year in the Co-op Respect Awards 2013 and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. Her next novel is The Night Brother and will be published in 2017.
