The Whispering Swarm

With his first full novel in almost ten years (not counting his Doctor Who book), Michael Moorcock - the most influential figure in modern fantasy and science fiction - returns to the city of his birth. London has always been a central character in Moorcock's work, from the high-literary fiction of MOTHER LONDON to the roof gardens of Jerry Cornelius. Now return to London just after the war, a city desperately trying to get back on its feet. And one young boy, Michael Moorcock, who is about to discover a world of magic and wonder. Between his first tentative approaches to adulthood - a job on Fleet Street, the first stirrings of his interest in writing - and a chance encounter with a mysterious Carmelite Friar, we see a version of Moorcock's life that is simultaneously a biography and a story. Mixing elements of his real life with his adventures in a parallel London peopled with highwaywomen, musketeers and magicians, this is Moorcock at his dazzling, mercurial best.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Moorcock, Moorcock michael
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.06.2016
• EAN: 9781473213333
• ISBN: 978-1-4732-1333-3
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Gollancz
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy > Fantasy; FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Fantasy / Epic, FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel, FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / Steampunk, FICTION / Fantasy / Military