An edition of Black Swan Green (2006)

Black Swan Green

A Novel

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An edition of Black Swan Green (2006)

Black Swan Green

A Novel

  • 4.0 (11 ratings) ·
  • 24 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

A novel. From hardcover: "Black Swan Green tracks a single year in what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a short story in its own right, create an exquisitely observed world that is anything but sleepy. A world of Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted in boys’ games on a frozen lake; of “nightcreeping” through the summer backyards of strangers; of the tabloid-fueled thrills of the Falklands War and its human toll; of the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and her power-hungry boyfriend, Ross Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly bohemian emigré who is both more and less than she appears; of Jason’s search to replace his dead grandfather’s irreplaceable smashed watch before the crime is discovered; of first cigarettes, first kisses, first Duran Duran LPs, and first deaths; of Margaret Thatcher’s recession; of Gypsies camping in the woods and the hysteria they inspire; and, even closer to home, of a slow-motion divorce in four seasons.

Pointed, funny, profound, left-field, elegiac, and painted with the stuff of life, Black Swan Green is David Mitchell’s most subtlest and effective achievement to date.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
304

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Black Swan Green
Black Swan Green: A Novel
February 27, 2007, Random House Trade Paperbacks
Paperback in English
Cover of: Black Swan Green
Black Swan Green
2007, Charnwood
in English - Large print ed.
Cover of: Black Swan Green
Black Swan Green: a novel
2006, Random House
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: Black Swan Green
Black Swan Green
2006, Sceptre
Hardcover

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Library of Congress
PR6063.I785B58 2007

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
304
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
Weight
8.8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8021090M
ISBN 10
0812974018
ISBN 13
9780812974010
Library Thing
224344
Goodreads
14316

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