The Night Brother
From the author of The Palace of Curiosities and Vixen comes a dazzling and provocative new novel of adventure, mystery and belonging. The Night Brother shifts tantalisingly between day and night, exploring questions of identity, sexual equality and how well we know ourselves. Perfect for fans of Angela Carter, Sarah Waters, Erin Morgenstern.
Praise from Stella Duffy – “A tumble of poetry, desire and passion… intriguing and delicious.”
About the novel – The Night Brother
Rich are the delights of late nineteenth-century Manchester for young siblings Edie and Gnome. They bicker, banter, shout and scream their way through the city’s streets, embracing its charms and dangers. But as the pair mature, it is Gnome who revels in the night-time, while Edie is confined to the day. She wakes exhausted each morning, unable to quell a sickening sense of unease, and confused at living a half-life.
Reaching the cusp of adulthood, Edie’s confusion turns to resentment and she is determined to distance herself from Gnome once and for all. But can she ever be free from someone who knows her better than she knows herself?
Exploring the furthest limits of sexual and gender fluidity, this is a story about the vital importance of being honest with yourself. Every part of yourself. After all, no-one likes to be kept in the dark.
Available in all formats – hardback, paperback, audio, ebook.
Review
The first reviews have come in for ‘The Night Brother’ – and they’re good. Wow!
“Echoes of Angela Carter’s more fantastical fiction reverberate through this exhuberant tale… Garland’s narrative is enjoyably energetic.” – Nick Rennison, The Sunday Times 18.6.2017
“A rich and ambitious tale set in late Victorian Manchester… Garland’s prose is a delight: playful and exhuberant. There are shades of Angela Carter in the mad world she creates… Full marks for style.’ – Toni Senior, The Times 3.6.2017
Thank you to Happy Meerkat and Little Bookness Lane for loving my words.
“Once again I find myself lost in the reverie of Rosie Garland’s exquisite writing. Extraordinarily enchanting, The Night Brother’s emotional bounty caresses each page… Embracing the intimacies and complexities of the heart and soul, The Night Brother doesn’t feel like a story, but a delectable gift. All that remains is for me to offer a thunderous round of applause for what is simply an expressive, breath-taking wonder.”
Little Bookness Lane – read the full text here
https://littlebooknesslane.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/book-review-the-night-brother-by-rosie-garland/
“The Night Brother is a wonderful historical fiction novel with an amazing and intriguing twist… From the moment I read the first page I was hooked… A real exciting and also thought-provoking page-turner that I can really recommend.”
Happy Meerkat – read the full text here
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1888724819
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The Night Brother
The Night Brother From the author of The Palace of Curiosities and Vixen comes a dazzling and provocative new novel of adventure, mystery and belonging. The Night Brother shifts tantalisingly between day and night, exploring questions of identity, sexual equality and how well we know ourselves.
Vixen
Rosie Garland’s extraordinary tale is a story of superstition and devotion in the time of the Black Death and will bewitch both new readers and fans of her much-loved debut, The Palace of Curiosities. It was nominated for the Green Carnation Prize, 2014.
The Palace Of Curiosities
Winner of the Mslexia Novel Competition 2012, longlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize 2013 and the Polari First Prize for First Book 2014. It was also winner of the Cooperative Bank ‘Loved By You’ LGBT Book of the Year 2013.
“The Night Brother is a rich and ambitious tale set in late Victorian Manchester… Garland’s prose is a delight, playful and exhuberant… Full marks!” – The Times
“Echoes of Angela Carter’s more fantastical fiction reverberate through this exhuberant tale.” –
The Night Brother”Echoes of Angela Carter’s more fantastical fiction reverberate through this exhuberant tale.” – The Sunday Times
“The Palace of Curiosities is a jewel-box of a novel, with page after page, scene after scene, layer after layer of treats and surprises. Garland is a real literary talent: definitely an author to watch.” Sarah Waters