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The Drowning of Arthur Braxton

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Pub Date Apr 11 2013 | Archive Date May 15 2013

Description

The bestselling modern fairytale, with a new introduction from Luke Cutforth

‘I loved it … so good!’ CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER

Arthur Braxton has had enough. His mum has left, his dad is broken and he’s the laughing stock of his high school.

But things are about to change. When Arthur runs away and shelters in an old abandoned bathhouse, he sees a naked woman swimming in the pool. From this point on, his sad little life will never be the same.

The bestselling modern fairytale, with a new introduction from Luke Cutforth

‘I loved it … so good!’ CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER

Arthur Braxton has had enough...

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Advance Praise

'Magical, weird and wonderful. Dark unique brilliance.' MATT HAIG, author of The Radleys
'This thoroughly modern retelling is everything a fairy tale should be: strange, beautiful and wholly unexpected.' TANYA BYRNE, author of Heart Shaped Bruise
‘Will Self and Caroline Smailes are arch-experimentalists’ OBSERVER
'A quirky magical tale of wit, water and destiny. Caroline Smailes always writes with flair and empathy – this time she explores the power of our need to belong.' SARAH SALWAY, author of Something Beginning With

'Magical, weird and wonderful. Dark unique brilliance.' MATT HAIG, author of The Radleys
'This thoroughly modern retelling is everything a fairy tale should be: strange, beautiful and wholly...

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Marketing Plan

• Caroline’s last book was 99 Reason Why, a digital original with eleven different endings. Publication caused a bit of a stir with two appearances on BBC Breakfast, an interview on Radio 4’s Today, 5Live Drive and reviews and features in the Independent, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Times and Guardian. Unprecedented coverage for an ebook.
• This is Caroline’s first traditional print book since then. Her last, Like Bees to Honey was described as ‘haunting, heartfelt and beautiful’ by Chris Cleave.

• Caroline’s last book was 99 Reason Why, a digital original with eleven different endings. Publication caused a bit of a stir with two appearances on BBC Breakfast, an interview on Radio 4’s Today...

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Available Editions

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ISBN 9780007479092
PRICE £8.99 (GBP)

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