Jamrach’s Menagerie
- 1 Sep 2011
- 9781847676573
- £9.99
- 352 pp
- 129×198mm
- 3 Feb 2011
- 9780857860415
- £7.19
- 352 pp
In a few words
‘Put Moby Dick, Treasure Island and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner into a pot, add a pinch of Dickens, and you will get the flavour of Carol Birch’s hugely entertaining novel.’ Mail on Sunday
In a few words
‘Put Moby Dick, Treasure Island and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner into a pot, add a pinch of Dickens, and you will get the flavour of Carol Birch’s hugely entertaining novel.’ Mail on Sunday
An imaginative tour-de-force encompassing the sights and smells of 19th-century London and the wild sea. . . Gripping, superbly written and a delight.
Riveting. Birch is masterful at evoking period and place . . . A teeming exhibition of the beautiful and the bizarre.
An imaginative tour-de-force encompassing the sights and smells of 19th-century London and the wild sea. . . Gripping, superbly written and a delight.
Riveting. Birch is masterful at evoking period and place . . . A teeming exhibition of the beautiful and the bizarre.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2011
Young Jaffy Brown never expects to escape the slums of Victorian London. Then, aged eight, a chance encounter with Mr Jamrach changes Jaffy’s stars. And before he knows it, he finds himself at the docks waving goodbye to his beloved Ishbel and boarding a ship bound for the Indian Ocean. With his friend Tim at his side, Jaffy’s journey will push faith, love and friendship to their utmost limits.
More about
the book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2011
Young Jaffy Brown never expects to escape the slums of Victorian London. Then, aged eight, a chance encounter with Mr Jamrach changes Jaffy’s stars. And before he knows it, he finds himself at the docks waving goodbye to his beloved Ishbel and boarding a ship bound for the Indian Ocean. With his friend Tim at his side, Jaffy’s journey will push faith, love and friendship to their utmost limits.
A captivating yarn of high seas and even higher drama.
Magical . . . A sustained feat of imagination and diligent research.
One of the best stories I've ever read . . . A completely original book.
A. S. Byatt
Carol Birch's fiction continues to stretch bodies and minds to breaking point . . . marvelous and terrifying.
A captivating yarn of high seas and even higher drama.
Magical . . . A sustained feat of imagination and diligent research.
One of the best stories I've ever read . . . A completely original book.
A. S. Byatt
Carol Birch's fiction continues to stretch bodies and minds to breaking point . . . marvelous and terrifying.
Carol Birch
View profileCarol Birch is the author of ten previous novels, including Scapegallows (2008) and Turn Again Home (2003) which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She has also won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the David Higham Award for Best First Novel. Jamrach’s Menagerie was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011 and the London Book Award.
Carol Birch
View profileCarol Birch is the author of ten previous novels, including Scapegallows (2008) and Turn Again Home (2003) which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She has also won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the David Higham Award for Best First Novel. Jamrach’s Menagerie was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011 and the London Book Award.
