The Sound of My Voice
$15.59
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2023
Summary
The Symphony of Self-Destruction: A Novel
Morris Magellan is trapped. He’s living the suburban dream – corporate job, wife, two kids – but it feels like a nightmare. Drowning in responsibilities and losing his grip on reality, Morris is on the edge, teetering towards addiction. He doesn’t realize it yet.
His only escapes are music and alcohol. Symphonies and concertos fill his life, each note and each drink carrying him through, hoping to salvage something of himself before …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846976506 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846976502 |
| Author: | Ron Butlin |
| Publisher: | Birlinn General |
| Imprint: | Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 8mm |
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Critics Review
‘Playful, haunting and moving, this is writing of the highest quality … One of the most inventive and daring novels ever to have come out of Scotland’
– Ian Rankin‘One of the classic post-war Scottish novels. It’s simply a roaring success on all levels; it’s a genius piece of fiction’
– Irvine Welsh‘A profound and beautifully written study of human fragility in the face of the brutalism of modern life’
– James Robertson‘A stylistic masterpiece … chilling but extremely enjoyable’
* Daily Mail *‘Compulsively readable … a cleverly orchestrated unique work of fiction’
* Herald *‘Brilliantly-structured short novel … superb writing’
* The Scotsman *‘Deserves to be talked about in the same breath as Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day’
* Metro *About The Author
Ron Butlin
Ron Butlin is an award-winning poet, playwright, novelist, short-story writer, children’s author and librettist whose works have been translated into many languages. He regularly gives creative writing workshops in schools, and was Edinburgh Makar from 2008 to 2014.
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