# Swan Song

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- Book: [Swan Song](https://www.bookquiver.com/kelleigh-greenberg-jephcott/swan-song) ([Swan Song.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kelleigh-greenberg-jephcott/swan-song.md))
- Authors: [Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott](https://www.bookquiver.com/kelleigh-greenberg-jephcott)
- Publisher: windmill_books
- ISBN: 978-17-8609-018-8
- Pages: 496
- Published: 2019-06-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

WINNER OF THE McKITTERICK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARD AS SEEN ON RYAN MURPHY'S FEUD SEASON 2 'Sparkling' GUARDIAN 'Fascinating' RED 'Remarkable' WOMAN AND HOME 'Astounding' EMERALD STREET 'Glamorous' IRISH TIMES 'Scandalous' DAILY MAIL 'Spellbinding' SUNDAY EXPRESS ___________________________ To the outside world, they were the icons of high society - the most glamorous and influential women of their age. To Truman Capote they were his Swans: the ideal heroines, as vulnerable as they were powerful. They trusted him with their most guarded, martini-soaked secrets, each believing she was more special and loved than the next... Until he betrayed them. 'Writers write. And one can't be surprised if they write what they know.' ______________________________ 'The new Donna Tartt' VOGUE 'A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail.' SUNDAY TIMES ' A whirlwind of a first novel. There is great pathos in the Swans' woundings and in their inevitable decline. And the character of Truman himself shimmers through the novel in a wonderful blaze of eccentricity and excess. Outstanding .' ROSE TREMAIN 'A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skilful re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding.' WILLIAM BOYD ' Our generation's The Secret History ' PENDORA ' Brilliantly written, deeply researched, funny, sharp and moving. ' - KATE WILLIAMS, bestselling author of Josephine 'Brilliantly captures Capote's acid wit and his dramatic downfall.' THE TIMES, Books of the Year 'This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud' OBSERVER 'Greenberg-Jephcott's debut is a devastating read that blurs the lines between vulnerability and narcissism; sex and power... will have you racing breathlessly towards the end' THE POOL