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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ingram Pub Services
Publication date
December 17, 2013
Pages
431
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781480459847
ISBN-10
1480459844
Dimensions
1.25 by 5 by 7.75 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$19.99
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Who is Mary Swann?
In this novel of a writerâs revenge, an uneducated farmerâs wife delivers a paper bag filled with scraps of her poems to the publisher of a small press. Hours later, sheâs dead, murdered by her husband. Fifteen years on, her book of one hundred twenty-five poemsâMary Swannâs sole claim to fameâis discovered by an American academic. And a literary odyssey begins.
Four narratorsâSarah Maloney, a feminist writer; Frederic Cruzzi, an editor; Morton Jimroy, a biographer; and Rose Hindmarch, Maryâs only friendâall have a stake in the deceased poetâs work. Their chorus of voicesopens a fascinating window on what constitutes genius. As the four descend into a quagmire of ego, jealousy, and backstabbing, Mary Swann comes back to lifeâin the minds and hearts of those who love and hate her most. Full of mischief, Swann is a novel about life, death, and the ideas that live on after us.
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel and shortlisted for the Governor Generalâs Literary Award: Carol Shieldsâs award-winning fourth novel is a literary detective story exploring the surprising afterlife of a murdered poet Â
Who is Mary Swann?
In this novel of a writerâs revenge, an uneducated farmerâs wife delivers a paper bag filled with scraps of her poems to the publisher of a small press. Hours later, sheâs dead, murdered by her husband. Fifteen years on, her book of one hundred twenty-five poemsâMary Swannâs sole claim to fameâis discovered by an American academic. And a literary odyssey begins.
Four narratorsâSarah Maloney, a feminist writer; Frederic Cruzzi, an editor; Morton Jimroy, a biographer; and Rose Hindmarch, Maryâs only friendâall have a stake in the deceased poetâs work. Their chorus of voicesopens a fascinating window on what constitutes genius. As the four descend into a quagmire of ego, jealousy, and backstabbing, Mary Swann comes back to lifeâin the minds and hearts of those who love and hate her most. Full of mischief, Swann is a novel about life, death, and the ideas that live on after us.
Editions
Hardcover
from Viking Pr (June 1, 1989)
9780670828227 | details & prices | List price $17.95
About: The previously unknown poetic talents of Mary Swann surface only after she is found brutally murdered, leading four unlikely individuals to reconsider their conceptions of her work, the poet, and themselves
About: The previously unknown poetic talents of Mary Swann surface only after she is found brutally murdered, leading four unlikely individuals to reconsider their conceptions of her work, the poet, and themselves
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Ingram Pub Services (December 17, 2013)
9781480459847 | details & prices | 431 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $19.99
About: Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel and shortlisted for the Governor Generalâs Literary Award: Carol Shieldsâs award-winning fourth novel is a literary detective story exploring the surprising afterlife of a murdered poet  Who is Mary Swann?
About: Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel and shortlisted for the Governor Generalâs Literary Award: Carol Shieldsâs award-winning fourth novel is a literary detective story exploring the surprising afterlife of a murdered poet  Who is Mary Swann?
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (July 1, 1990)
9780140134292 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $21.00
About: The previously unknown poetic talents of Mary Swann surface only after she is found brutally murdered, leading four unlikely individuals to reconsider their conceptions of her work, the poet, and themselves
About: The previously unknown poetic talents of Mary Swann surface only after she is found brutally murdered, leading four unlikely individuals to reconsider their conceptions of her work, the poet, and themselves
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