Black Swan Green From award-winning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of adulthood and the old on the cusp of the new. Black Swan tracks a single year in what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. |
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User Review - m.belljackson - LibraryThingOrdered for the lovely cover and title, the first chapter was promising, but plot and character development slow moving and not enthralling as anticipated. No dead horse or dog in this one, simply a way-un-needed dead kitten...and more sad miseries. Read full review
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User Review - usuallee - LibraryThingMensmerizing, nuanced & poignant coming of age story about a young boy with a stuttering problem growing up in 1980's England. The book takes place during his 13th year and it is awe-inspiring how ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Black Swan Green |
| Author | David Mitchell |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing Group, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0605133999, 9780605133990 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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