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Book SynopsisFrom the author of Swimming Home, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize ____________________''A postmodern tragicomedy of childhood, original as always'' - Michele Roberts,
Independent on Sunday Books of the Year''It''s profoundly serious, combining massive abstractions - love, desire, the universality of pain - with the diminutive in a way that''s often witty, sometimes lyrical and, amazingly, very rarely trivialising'' - Guardian''Sharp, savage and spry, Levy shows us what kinship is really about in this strange, touching and totally original novel'' - Darian Leader____________________In the Freezerworld toy section, all the girl princess dolls stand proud in their tiny gold shoes. Big hair and luned-out stares. Girl says, listen, one day I will have a kingdom too.Billy and his sister, Girl, are clever, stylish and damaged. They live somewhere in England and are searching for their missing moth
Trade ReviewSassy, slick and contemporary * Guardian *
A postmodern tragicomedy of childhood, original as always * Michele Roberts, Independent on Sunday Books of the Year *
It's profoundly serious, combining massive abstractions - love, desire, the universality of pain - with the diminutive in a way that's often witty, sometimes lyrical and, amazingly, very rarely trivialising * Guardian *
Levy is unsettlingly accurate in teasing out the angry ingenuity of her characters and the damaged rationale behind their behaviour * Arena *
Sharp, savage and spry, Levy shows us what kinship is really about in this strange, touching and totally original novel * Darian Leader *
