The Changeling
- 5 Jul 2018
- 9781786893826
- £12.99
- 448 pp
- 129×198mm
- 5 Jul 2018
- 9781786893833
- £10.39
- 448 pp
In a few words
An epic phantasmagoria, in which a book dealer’s journey into parenthood takes a nightmarish turn
In a few words
An epic phantasmagoria, in which a book dealer’s journey into parenthood takes a nightmarish turn
A mesmerising, monumental work . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness
Marlon James, Author Of The Dark Star Trilogy
If the literary gods mixed together Haruki Murakami and Ralph Ellison . . . the result would be Victor LaValle
Anthony Doerr, Author Of All The Light We Cannot See
A mesmerising, monumental work . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness
Marlon James, Author Of The Dark Star Trilogy
If the literary gods mixed together Haruki Murakami and Ralph Ellison . . . the result would be Victor LaValle
Anthony Doerr, Author Of All The Light We Cannot See
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NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANDFIELD
ONE OF TIME‘S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, an International Dublin Literary Award and a Mythopeic Award for Literature
When Apollo Kagwa was just a child, his father disappeared, leaving him with recurring nightmares and a box labelled ‘Improbabilia’. Now a successful book dealer, Kagwa has a family of his own after meeting and falling in love with Emma, a librarian. The two marry and have a baby: so far so happy-ever-after.
However, as the pair settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. Emma’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, until one day she commits an unthinkable act, setting Apollo on a wild and fantastical quest through a suddenly otherworldly New York, in search of a wife and child he no longer recognises.
An epic novel for our anxiety-ridden times, The Changeling is a tale of parenthood, love – in its most raw and brutal form – and, ultimately, humanity.
More about
the book
NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANDFIELD
ONE OF TIME‘S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, an International Dublin Literary Award and a Mythopeic Award for Literature
When Apollo Kagwa was just a child, his father disappeared, leaving him with recurring nightmares and a box labelled ‘Improbabilia’. Now a successful book dealer, Kagwa has a family of his own after meeting and falling in love with Emma, a librarian. The two marry and have a baby: so far so happy-ever-after.
However, as the pair settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. Emma’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, until one day she commits an unthinkable act, setting Apollo on a wild and fantastical quest through a suddenly otherworldly New York, in search of a wife and child he no longer recognises.
An epic novel for our anxiety-ridden times, The Changeling is a tale of parenthood, love – in its most raw and brutal form – and, ultimately, humanity.
[A] genre-defying, achingly literate phantasmagoria of a novel
Paul Beatty, Author Of The Sellout
This punchy cocktail of modern parenting and ancient magic taps into contemporary unease and age-old fears . . . LaValle hooks the reader deep into his increasingly eldritch thriller
If monsters are your subject, writing like an angel helps
Jennifer Senior
New York TimesAbsolutely compelling, completely thrilling, The Changeling overflows with menace, wonder and beauty
Kelly Link
[A] genre-defying, achingly literate phantasmagoria of a novel
Paul Beatty, Author Of The Sellout
This punchy cocktail of modern parenting and ancient magic taps into contemporary unease and age-old fears . . . LaValle hooks the reader deep into his increasingly eldritch thriller
If monsters are your subject, writing like an angel helps
Jennifer Senior
New York TimesAbsolutely compelling, completely thrilling, The Changeling overflows with menace, wonder and beauty
Kelly Link
