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The Sound of My Voice
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The Sound of My Voice
Morris Magellan is losing himself to addiction — he just doesn't know it yet.
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About the Ebook
Morris Magellan wakes one morning to find himself stuck in a corporate job and living the suburban dream with a wife and two children, except this dream feels like a nightmare. Out of his depth and starting to drift from reality, we meet Morris at the precipice. Bit by bit he is losing his struggle with addiction – he just doesn't know it yet. His only solace and escape from suburban family life and corporate duties is music and alcohol.
His life is soundtracked with symphonies and concertos, every note, and every drink, carries him from moment to moment hoping to salvage something of himself before that too slips from his grasp. Harrowing but compellingly written, with humour and compassion, The Sound of My Voice is a stylistic masterpiece that presents conflict between a man's cowardice and cruelty, and a desperate attempt to recover his humanity.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Winner of the Prix Millepages and Prix Lucioles for Best Foreign Novel
- Praised by Ian Rankin as one of the most inventive and daring novels ever to come out of Scotland
- A stylistic masterpiece of compulsion, cowardice and the desperate recovery of humanity
- Read another celebrated title from Polygon - an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Reviews
'Playful, haunting and moving... 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 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
About the Author
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.
Publication Details
Publisher: Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Ltd)
Publication Date: 05 April 2018
Print Length: 164 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9780857909985
Format: Ebook
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