Swan Song

Author Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
Narrator Debora Weston
Publisher Random House
Run Time 17 hours and 52 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Biographical fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction.

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, read by Deborah Weston.

NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

'A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail.' SUNDAY TIMES

'A whirlwind of a first novel. There is great pathos in the Swans’ woundings and in their inevitable decline. And the character of Truman himself shimmers through the novel in a wonderful blaze of eccentricity and excess. Outstanding.' ROSE TREMAIN
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To the outside world, they were the icons of high society — the most glamorous and influential women of their age. To Truman Capote they were his Swans: the ideal heroines, as vulnerable as they were powerful. They trusted him with their most guarded, martini-soaked secrets, each believing she was more special and loved than the next…

Until he betrayed them.

‘Writers write. And one can’t be surprised if they write what they know.’
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'A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skilful re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding.' WILLIAM BOYD

'Scandalous, frenetic, amusing and tragic.' DAILY MAIL

'Our generation’s The Secret History' PENDORA

'Brilliantly written, deeply researched, funny, sharp and moving.' – KATE WILLIAMS, bestselling author of Josephine

'Brilliantly captures Capote’s acid wit and his dramatic downfall.' THE TIMES, Books of the Year

'This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud' OBSERVER

'Greenberg-Jephcott's debut is a devastating read that blurs the lines between vulnerability and narcissism; sex and power... will have you racing breathlessly towards the end' THE POOL

Critics Review

A rich, sharp, sting of a book. It made me laugh and grimace and pity monsters. I’m still smiling about it
Stu Turton, bestselling author of THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE
Brilliantly captures Capote’s acid wit and his dramatic downfall.
The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR
As deliciously gossipy as it is wretched, and Greenberg-Jephcott’s unique rendering of Capote’s squealing drawl of a voice is unforgettable.
Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Gorgeous… That glittering world – all Dom Perignon, Sobranies, Quaalude and Chanel – is recreated with a lovely eye for detail
The Times
Since reading the totally, totally beautiful Swan Song, I have two new hobbies. Googling photos of Barbara Paley and watching videos of the Camel Walk.
Dolly Alderton
A sparkling debut vividly captures the high society women who punished Capote for his indiscreet reporting
The Guardian
A dazzlingly assured first novel… This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail
The Sunday Times
A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skillful re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding.
William Boyd
This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud
The Observer
If a writer is going to craft a novel from well-known events, they might as well do it with brio, which this has in spades… A skilled and sparking debut
Guardian

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