Alasdair Nicholl
Award-Winning Author
New Release
Swan Isle
(2025)
Dover, 1921. A boat drifts into the harbour, carrying a cargo which will change the fate of the country, perhaps the world, forever. Who is the tall woman in the white feather cap? Why are the swans suddenly behaving so strangely?
Nicholl’s Pulitzer-nominated latest is a chilling meditation on greed, lust, envy, pride, sloth, wrath and gluttony, which will slam your senses from the opening line and leave you helpless and gibbering by the unforgettable final page.
He just knows how to keep you in a state of damp suspense. Believe the hype.
‘Swan Isle’ is Nicholl's best writing yet” The Times Book Review
Praise & Reviews
I gave up on writing after reading Nicholl's first novel. What is the point of trying to compete with such a colossal talent? You only ever end up in the shade, cold and shivering.
‘Gripping storytelling’
The Good Read Blog
Just, wow.
Nicholl's voice tells the story of all women “The Seattle Post Review”
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