Carrion Crow
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Publishing:27th Feb '25
£16.99
This title is due to be published on 27th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
There are some facts about the world that only your mother can teach you.
So into the attic she had gone, climbing the stairs towards her promised freedom, and she would stay there until she had learned the lessons that would prepare her for the real world, the lessons that only a mother could teach.
Marguerite Périgord had been confined for the sake of her wellbeing.
That’s what her mother had said.
---
Marguerite has been locked in the attic of her family home, a disintegrating Chelsea house overlooking the stench of the Thames. For company she has: a sewing machine, a copy of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management and trays of congealing food carried up to her with little regularity. Marguerite has been confined by her mother, Cécile, who is concerned about her engagement to an older, near-penniless solicitor, Mr Lewis, and wishes to educate her daughter on ‘proper’ married conduct – lest she drag the family’s good name into disrepute. But why is Marguerite pursuing the aged Mr Lewis in the first place? Why are her mother’s visits seemingly becoming less frequent? And just how much time has passed since the lock closed on the attic’s hatch?
Carrion Crow is a transportive and gloriously gothic commentary on the constraints of polite society – and the even greater danger of conformity – that unfurls one family’s festering secrets.
‘One of the most important new voices in fiction, with Carrion Crow Heather Parry deduces an unutterable Gothic horror of class and gender from the pages of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management. A festering Edwardian nightmare dressed in exquisitely tailored language, Parry’s vision is magnificent and devastating.’ Alan Moore
Carrion Crow is a book to marvel at. Beautifully written with such dark, claustrophobic precision, exploring the devastating control we assert upon one another. Such an achievement. * Rachelle Attala, author of The Pharmacist *
One of the most important new voices in fiction, with Carrion Crow Heather Parry deduces an unutterable Gothic horror of class and gender from the pages of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management. A festering Edwardian nightmare dressed in exquisitely tailored language, Parry’s vision is magnificent and devastating. * Alan Moore, author of Watchmen *
Both mouthwatering and revolting, aheady poisonous puddingof a book. * Camilla Grudova, author of Children of Paradise *
Heather Parry is a literary star of the future. * Kirsty Logan *
A compelling, creepy tale – and one that raises relevant questions about who “owns” a woman’s body * Independent, on ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL *
I am in awe of this wonderful book. Truly, gorgeous, generous and tender and brutal. Heather is an incredibly powerful writer and this novel is an absolute horrible, beautiful, heartfelt, wild and tender triumph. * Edward Carey, on ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL *
A chilling exploration of power, love and grief, written with incredible precision and an almost uncanny ear for voice. Heather Parry is a major talent * Julia Armfield, on ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL *
A deliciously macabre voyage through one man’s grotesque lunacy and the destruction he leaves in his wake * Martin MacInnes, on ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL *
A wild, creepy, compelling read * Jan Carson, on ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL *
Dark, disturbing and woven through with a brilliant edge of hope. Heather Parry has created two complete and captivating voices that will play on my mind for a long, long time * Kylie Whitehead, on ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL *
An instant gothic classic. Parry’s deft mastery of dual narrators and unflinching attention to macabre and horrifying detail makes for a read both unsettling and compelling * Kenny Boyle, on ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL *
Sinister, grotesque and strangely beautiful – this is an intensely gripping debut, the playground for vividly unforgettable characters and a twisting, seething story, all set on a background of mustily creeping dread. I loved every horrible moment * Alice Ash, on ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL *
ISBN: 9781529938685
Dimensions: 222mm x 138mm x 25mm
Weight: 400g
256 pages