It is Brighton, 1959, and the theatre at the end of the pier is
having its best summer season in years. Ronnie, a brilliant young
magician, and Evie, his dazzling assistant, are top of the bill,
drawing audiences each night. Meanwhile, Jack - Jack Robinson, as
in 'before you can say' - is everyone's favourite compere, a born
entertainer, holding the whole show together. As the summer
progresses, the off-stage drama between the three begins to
overshadow their theatrical success, and events unfold which will
have lasting consequences for all their futures. Rich, comic, alive
and subtly devastating, Here We Are is a masterly piece of literary
magicianship which pulls back the curtain on the human condition.
'He tells simple, truthful stories about what feel like real
people. Here We Are is a welcome addition to a proud legacy.' The
Big Issue The variety of voices and its historical and emotional
reach are so finely entwined, it is as perfect and smooth as an
egg. Passages leap out all the time, demanding to be reread, or
committed to memory... It is perhaps too simple to say that Swift
creates a form of fictional magic, but what he can do with a page
is out of the ordinary, far beyond most mortals' ken.' Rosemary
Goring,The Herald 'Here We Are is a subtle portrait of a vanished
world, with moving passages about the problems of wartime evacuees
returning to impoverished London life after the wonders of the
countryside.' The Independent 'In Here We Are, Swift does not just
dwell on the pivotal moments of our lives, but traces their
shockwaves both forward and back. Moving seamlessly from pre-war to
post, from the events of one illusory, youthful summer to the
present, we are given candid access to the innermost reflections of
three people who loved and betrayed each other. The end result is
the stuff of life, an enduring mystery that Ronnie, Evie, Jack -
that we all - must live with. I thought it was wonderful.' Joseph
Knox, author of Sirens Praise for Mothering Sunday: 'Bathed in
light; and even when tragedy strikes, it blazes irresistibly...
Swift's small fiction feels like a masterpiece' Guardian 'Alive
with sensuousness and sensuality ... wonderfully accomplished, it
is an achievement' Sunday Times 'From start to finish Swift's is a
novel of stylish brilliance and quiet narrative verve. The archly
modulated, precise prose (a hybrid of Henry Green and Kazuo
Ishiguro) is a glory to read. Now 66, Swift is a writer at the very
top of his game' Evening Standard 'Mothering Sunday is a powerful,
philosophical and exquisitely observed novel about the lives we
lead, and the parallel lives - the parallel stories - we can never
know ... It may just be Swift's best novel yet' Observer
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