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Black Swan Green

Pages
304
Published
2006
Language
English

Synopsis

Step into 1982 England with thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, navigating a seemingly sleepy village in Worcestershire. This novel explores a year of firsts and challenges, from schoolyard politics and the distant echoes of the Falklands War to a family facing a slow-motion divorce. Each chapter offers a glimpse into Jason's world as he encounters memorable characters and grapples with the complexities of growing up.

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About the author

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David Mitchell

David Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January 1969, Southport) is an English novelist, screenwriter and librettist. Two of his novels, number9dream (2001) and Cloud Atlas (2004), were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His other books include Ghostwritten, Black Swan Green, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, The Bone Clocks, Slade House and Utopia Avenue. With his wife Keiko Yoshida he translated two books by Naoki Higashida about autism, The Reason I Jump and Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight. H...

Characters

Jason TaylorProtagonist
Dawn MaddenSupporting
Madame Eva van Outryve de CrommelynckSupporting
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