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O Caledonia - With an introduction by Maggie O'Farrell (Paperback)
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O Caledonia - With an introduction by Maggie O'Farrell (Paperback)
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'I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis
that she named O Caledonia as her favourite book' Maggie O'Farrell
'A sparky, funny work of genius and one of the best least-known
novels of the 20th Century' Ali Smith 'Funny, surprising,
exquisitely written and brilliant on the smelly, absurd, harsh
business of growing up. The Bronte sisters and Poe via Dodie Smith
and Edward Gorey' David Nicholls 'An absolute sumptuous treat of a
book' Elizabeth Macneal 'A wonderful oddity - brief, vivid,
eccentric, written with ferocious zest and black humour' Penelope
Lively 'The words sing in their sentences' The Times 'The reader
feels unalloyed joy on every page' Independent Vera was painting
the pony's hooves gold in the dining room; Janet said this was bad
for him; poison would seep into his bloodstream. At the bottom of a
great stone staircase, dressed in her mother's black lace evening
dress, twisted in murderous death, lies Janet. So end the sixteen
years of Janet's short life. A life spent in a draughty Scottish
castle, where roses will not grow, and a jackdaw decides to live in
the doll's house. A life peopled by prettier, smoother-haired
siblings, a Nanny with a face like the North Sea and the peculiar,
whisky-swigging Cousin Lila. A life where Janet is perpetually
misunderstood - and must turn from people, to animals, to books, to
her own wild and wonderful imagination. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
MAGGIE O'FARRELL
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Fri, 17 Jun 2022 | Review
by: Jane B.
Maggie O' Farrell rates this book highly enough said. It is magical. How could this fly under the radar for so long? So glad this was reprinted.
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