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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
About the Author
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.
