The Drowning of Arthur Braxton

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The bestselling modern fairytale, with a new introduction from Luke Cutforth

I loved it so good! CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER
Arthur Braxton has had enough. His mum has left, his dad is broken and hes the laughing stock of his high school.

But things are about to change. When Arthur runs away and shelters in an old abandoned bathhouse, he sees a naked woman swimming in the pool. From this point on, his sad little life will never be the same.

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Magical, weird, wonderful, dark unique Northern brilliance MATT HAIG

'there was so much about this book to love; the decrepit seaside setting, the terrible weather, the gritty realism, the magic, the freshness, the strangeness, and the way the story and the characters haunted me afterwards. I felt safe throughout this novel I knew I was in good hands; with each change of voice and structure I remained confident in Smailes ability to lead things to a satisfying conclusion. And that's exactly what she did CARYS BRAY

This thoroughly modern retelling is everything a fairy tale should be: strange, beautiful and wholly unexpected TANYA BYRNE

This beautifully told and sometimes disturbing tale will intrigue as it reaches its dramatic conclusion Bella

I cannot compare this to anything Ive ever read. You will fall in love with this book EMMA BLACKERY

Someone should make this into a film LUKEISNOTSEXY

Author Bio

Caroline Smailes was born in Newcastle in 1973. In 2006 a chance remark on a daytime chat show caused Caroline to reconsider her life. She enrolled on an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and began to write In Search of Adam.Caroline is currently an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and lives in the North West with her husband and three children.