{"product_id":"swansong","title":"Swansong","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Swansong is the\u003cb\u003e real thing\u003c\/b\u003e, right from the start: spiky, strange and contemporary, but always with a dark undertow of myth and folklore tugging at its telling…this is a \u003cb\u003ebrilliant novel\u003c\/b\u003e by a writer - and musician - of frankly alarming talent.’ Robert Macfarlane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this stunningly assured, immersive and vividly atmospheric first novel from the celebrated musician, a young woman comes face-to-face with the volatile, haunted wilderness of the Scottish Highlands. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolly Vaughan is trying to escape the ravaging guilt of a disturbing incident in London by heading north to the Scottish Highlands. As soon as she arrives, this spirited, funny, alert young woman goes looking for drink, drugs and sex – finding them all quickly, and unsatisfactorily, with the barman in the only pub. She also finds a fresh kind of fear, alone in this eerie, myth-drenched landscape. Increasingly prone to visions or visitations – floating white shapes in the waters of the loch or in the woods – she is terrified and fascinated by a man she came across in the forest on her first evening, apparently tearing apart a bird. Who is this strange loner? And what is his sinister secret?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKerry Andrew is a fresh new voice in British fiction; one that comes from a deep understanding of the folk songs, mythologies and oral traditions of these islands. Her powerful metaphoric language gives Swansong a charged, hallucinatory quality that is unique, uncanny and deeply disquieting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316583965054,"sku":"NW9781784704926","price":9.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784704926.jpg?v=1778649094","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/swansong","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}