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| Born Free (Paperback – Second-hand) |
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Full blurb:
Punchy, acerbic, sharp-witted and above all, acutely observed, Born Free tells the story of an ordinary family who are all trying to escape from something...and each other. The interactions between Jake, Joni, Angie and Vic reveal a hellish cocktail of adolescent and mid-life crises; the savagery of sibling rivalry; the waking nightmare of a marriage gone cold – and, naturally, the unbridgeable, infernal chasm between the generations. It's a story of everyday life.
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First page first lines:
'‘Christ, what's she doing there? Why's she no at work?' Crouching on my seat, I keek out the window as a mysterious silver Astra disappears up Lothian Road with my mother. 'Looked like a guy she was with. D'you think he's her lurver?' purrs Rosie. 'Fuck off! Blind men cannae drive'....’
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Category: Novel
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Author: Laura Hird
Born Free is Laura Hird's first novel and was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Orange Prize. A previous collection of short stories, Nail and Other Stories was also published by Rebel Inc. She lives in Edinburgh.
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Publisher: Rebel Inc.
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Reviews:
‘Born Free confirms Laura Hird as one of Scotland's most talented writers. This bleak tale of urban dismay, set in the badlands of Edinburgh, is a work of considerable force and maturity' – Daily Telegraph.
'Laura Hird's first novel sizzles with brio, gusto, disgust and many other vital signs... The situation and dark humour might recall the work of Mike Leigh, but Laura Hird's writing, which is reminiscent of Irvine welsh (for style) and Iain Banks (for pace), also has the tenderness of James Kelman's early work.' – Time Literary Supplement
‘Born Free is a wonderfully bleak and often hilarious novel about family life. Maybe west Edinburgh has found its Dostoevsky.' – The Crack.
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| Book code: BTD077 |
| Price: GBP £ 3.00 |
| USD $ 4.50 |
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