The Earth Hums in B Flat is a richly evocative, warm but unsentimental tale of a child detective struggling to piece together clues about the lives around her ... extremely compelling. I loved this novel. * * Catherine O'Flynn, author of What Was Lost * *
I loved this debut, which manages to give a young girl's narrative an authentically quirky aspect, without ever resorting to cutesiness or cosiness . . . Strachan eschews whimsy for reality in a beautifully written story about growing
up.
-- Lesley McDowell * * Independent on Sunday * *
A fondness for unorthodoxy gives [Strachan's] girl-growing-up story its unique flavour . . . A warm and touching, but blessedly unsentimental, novel. -- Kate Saunders * * The Times * *
Strachan's prose is pitch perfect. A gorgeous debut. -- Eithne Farry * * Marie Claire * *
At a time when many panic-stricken publishers want their debut novelists to resemble junior celebs fresh out of stage school, Mari Strachan - and Canongate - are proving that the words still matter most. ... Strachan has a voice and a vision all her own. -- Boyd Tonkin * * Independent * *
