Sound of My Voice

One of the Guardian's novels everyone must read and featured on the List's top 100 Scottish novels of all time. Harrowing but compellingly written, with humour and compassion, The Sound of My Voice is a stylistic masterpiece that presents conflict between a man's cowardice and cruelty, and a desperate attempt to recover his humanity.

About the author

Ron Butlin is an award-winning poet, playwright, novelist, short-story writer, children’s author and librettist whose works have been translated into many languages. He regularly gives creative writing workshops in schools, and was Edinburgh Makar from 2008 to 2014.

Summary

One of the Guardian’s novels everyone must read and featured on the List’s top 100 Scottish novels of all time. Harrowing but compellingly written, with humour and compassion, The Sound of My Voice is a stylistic masterpiece that presents conflict between a man’s cowardice and cruelty, and a desperate attempt to recover his humanity.

Product details

• Authors: Ron Butlin
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781846976506
• ISBN: 978-1-84697-650-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Psychology; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, Category fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Fiction: literary and general non-genre