The Changeling

Informationen zum Autor Author of a number of landmark novels including The Cone Gatherers, The Changeling, Happy for the Child, The Thistle and the Grail and Guests of War , Jenkins is rapidly attaining recognition as one of Scotland's greatest writers. The themes of good and evil, of innocence lost, of fraudulence, cruelty and redemption shine through his work. His novels, shot through with ambiguity, are rarely about what they seem. He published his first book, So Gaily Sings the Lark, at the age of thirty-eight, and by the time of his death in 2005, over thirty of his novels were in print. Klappentext A teacher who sees something in a troubled boy from a Glasgow slum takes the boy on holiday with his own family, with tragic results. Considered a modern Scottish classic. Introduced by Alan Spence with an afterword from Andrew Marr. The modern Scottish classic; a heartbreaking, tragic portrait of an unexpected relationship. Introduced by Andrew Marr Zusammenfassung The modern Scottish classic; a heartbreaking, tragic portrait of an unexpected relationship. Introduced by Andrew Marr

Product details

• Authors: Robin Jenkins, Jenkins Robin
• Assisted by: Andrew Marr (Introduction), Marr Andrew (Introduction), Alan Spence (Introduction), Andrew Marr (Afterword)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781786893994
• ISBN: 978-1-78689-399-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Canons
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary