- Published: 05/02/2015
- ISBN: 9781783780457
- Granta Books
- 272 pages
Scorper
Rob Magnuson Smith
Scorper, noun, a tool used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal.
Scorper, novel, an uncanny and sinister tale of an eccentric American visitor to the small Sussex town of Ditchling, searching for stories about his grandfather. A tale of twitching curtains, severed hands and peculiar sexual practices. A book about Eric Gill’s artistic legacy, his despicable behaviour and enduring influence. Scorper is a strange and beautiful English comic masterpiece, with added bird bones.
£8.99
Powerfully original, funny and strange and haunting
Tessa Hadley, author, Clever Girl
Scorper is a charming, funny, tender pleasure. A pleasing air of mania and madness
Andrew Miller, Costa Award-winning author, Pure
[An] original, darkly comic novel... It's a funny, unsettling read; Kafka crossed with Flann O'Brien
Brandon Robshaw, Independent on Sunday ****
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