The Changeling
Published on 3. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-84767-238-4 (ISBN)
Description
Thirteen-year-old Tom Curdie, the product of a Glasgow slum, is on probation for theft. His teachers admit that he is clever, but only one, Charles Forbes, sees an uncanny warmth in his reticence and in his seemingly insolent smile. So he decides to take Tom on holiday with his own family . . .
This powerful novel explores one of Jenkins's consistent and most fruitful themes - how goodness and innocence is compromised when faced with the pressures of growing up and becoming part of society.
This powerful novel explores one of Jenkins's consistent and most fruitful themes - how goodness and innocence is compromised when faced with the pressures of growing up and becoming part of society.
Reviews / Votes
If you are interested in books that are human and wise, then treat yourself this year to some Robin Jenkins. * * Andrew Marr * * A remarkable writer * * The Times * * A delight to read * * TLS * * A poignant study of deprivation and alienation. * * Times Educational Supplement * * If you have not read Jenkins, this witty, affecting novel, which wears its political convictions lightly, is a wonderful place to start. -- Amit Srivastava * * FT * *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
164 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84767-238-4 (9781847672384)
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Robin Jenkins wrote a number of landmark novels including The Cone-Gatherers, Happy for the Child, The Thistle and the Grail and Guests of War. One of Scotland's greatest writers, the themes of good and evil, of innocence lost, of fraudulence, cruelty and redemption shine through his work. His novels, filled with ambiguity, are rarely about what they seem. He published his first book, So Gaily Sings the Lark, at the age of thirty-eight, and by the time of his death in 2005, over thirty of his novels were in print.