A dazzling debut about Truman Capote, the literary icon of his age, and the beautiful, wealthy, vulnerable women he called his Swans.
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott was born and raised in Houston, Texas, before coming to call Los Angeles and London her adopted homes. She is a graduate of UEA's Creative Writing MA course and was the winner of the Bridport Prize Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award. Swan Song, her first novel, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award.
A rich, sharp, sting of a book. It made me laugh and grimace and
pity monsters. I'm still smiling about it
*Stu Turton, bestselling author of THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN
HARDCASTLE*
Brilliantly captures Capote’s acid wit and his dramatic
downfall.
*The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR*
As deliciously gossipy as it is wretched, and Greenberg-Jephcott's
unique rendering of Capote's squealing drawl of a voice is
unforgettable.
*Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE YEAR*
Gorgeous... That glittering world - all Dom Perignon, Sobranies,
Quaalude and Chanel - is recreated with a lovely eye for detail
*The Times*
Since reading the totally, totally beautiful Swan Song, I have two
new hobbies. Googling photos of Barbara Paley and watching videos
of the Camel Walk.
*Dolly Alderton*
A sparkling debut vividly captures the high society women who
punished Capote for his indiscreet reporting
*The Guardian*
A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the
moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail
*The Sunday Times*
A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skillful
re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding.
*William Boyd*
This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which
Capote would have been proud
*The Observer*
If a writer is going to craft a novel from well-known events, they
might as well do it with brio, which this has in spades... A
skilled and sparking debut
*Guardian*
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