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The Merman
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The Merman

By Carl-Johan Vallgren
Published by Hesperus Press
ISBN 9781843914730
Summer 2014

Synopsis

Nella and her brother Robert live an isolated and difficult life with their alcoholic parents on the west coast of Sweden. Robert is bullied at school for his learning difficulties. Nella resorts to debt and petty crime to pay off his increasingly violent tormentors. 

Author's Biography

Carl-John Vallgren is the author of eight novels. The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot won the Swedish August Prize for novel of the year. He lives in Stockholm. 
When she turns to her only schoolfriend Tommy for help, her suspicions are aroused by the mysterious comings and goings of his brothers. Her life is opened to the realities of a mindboggling secret when she unconvers the secret behind their enigmatic behaviour. The Merman is an exhilarating and beautiful book about sibling love and betrayal.

Reviews

Unassumingly simple, sweetly aching, heart-warming and absolutely beautiful’ Edinburgh Book Review 
‘It reads like an urban legend, and is a curious and unique piece of fiction’ Stylist 
‘An intense little gem’ Dagens Nyheter 
Price: £12.99

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Beautifully written, shocking and touching in equal measure. One of the best of 60 books I've read so far this year.
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