Swan Song
- Author Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
- Narrator Debora Weston
- Publisher Random House
- Publish Date 9 August 2018
- 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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What to expect
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
Brilliantly captures Capote’s acid wit and his dramatic downfall.
As deliciously gossipy as it is wretched, and Greenberg-Jephcott’s unique rendering of Capote’s squealing drawl of a voice is unforgettable.
Gorgeous… That glittering world – all Dom Perignon, Sobranies, Quaalude and Chanel – is recreated with a lovely eye for detail
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.
A sparkling debut vividly captures the high society women who punished Capote for his indiscreet reporting
A dazzlingly assured first novel… This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail
A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skillful re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding.
This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud
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
| Author | Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Debora Weston |
| Duration | 17 hours and 52 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781473560642 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Genre | Biographical fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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