The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas
The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling author of The End of Mr. Y
The Seed Collectors is entrancing: it's a sharply observed contemporary novel of real people and real plants and real desire and real hurt, and it's somehow also one of the sharpest fantasies I've encounteredA sour-and-sweet delight -- NEIL GAIMAN
You won't read a livelier tale about sex, death and out-of-body experiences all year * * SUNDAY TIMES * *
Simultaneously sharply-drawn and dreamlike, often hilarious, The Seed Collectors is a baroque family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence. Scarlett Thomas is a splendid novelist -- WILLIAM GIBSON
Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences... like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga * * GUARDIAN * *
A delightful compound of fantasy and traditional family saga... a modern fairytale, with flashes that are savagely funny * * THE TIMES * *
Scarlett Thomas is one of my favourite writers ever and The Seed Collectors might be her best yet. She fuses the comically everyday with a far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy -- MATT HAIG
Positively luminous - funny, daring, fizzing with ideas and altogether captivating * * DAILY MAIL * *
Thomas has the mesmerising power of a great storyteller * * FINANCIAL TIMES * *
[Thomas] is the laureate of the sardonic and the sarcastic. Imagine Muriel Spark's disreputable niece, punky and porny and puncturing every balloon of ego. The novel is outré and extravagant, unremitting and unrepentant, sweet and sour and salty * * SPECTATOR * *
Fun and thoughtful * * EMERALD STREET * *
Sharp writing and sharper wit * * THE LIST * *
This magical family saga will cement Thomas' position at the literary top table * * RED * *
A smart and witty family drama, taking in secrets, sex, suicide, celebrity and the meaning of life * * GLAMOUR * *
A mindbending novel of family drama * * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING * *
How I love her work! * * GRAZIA * *
She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga * * OBSERVER * *
Extremely good fun...riotous, gorgeous, full of flamboyant escapades * * MONOCLE ARTS REVIEW * *
A rewarding family saga * * SCOTSMAN * *
With each novel, Thomas's ambitions have grown larger, and this is her most sophisticated... in a world of fading wunderkinds, Scarlett Thomas is proving to be the real deal * * CATHOLIC HERALD * *
You won't read a livelier tale about sex, death and out-of-body experiences all year * * SUNDAY TIMES * *
Simultaneously sharply-drawn and dreamlike, often hilarious, The Seed Collectors is a baroque family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence. Scarlett Thomas is a splendid novelist -- WILLIAM GIBSON
Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences... like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga * * GUARDIAN * *
A delightful compound of fantasy and traditional family saga... a modern fairytale, with flashes that are savagely funny * * THE TIMES * *
Scarlett Thomas is one of my favourite writers ever and The Seed Collectors might be her best yet. She fuses the comically everyday with a far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy -- MATT HAIG
Positively luminous - funny, daring, fizzing with ideas and altogether captivating * * DAILY MAIL * *
Thomas has the mesmerising power of a great storyteller * * FINANCIAL TIMES * *
[Thomas] is the laureate of the sardonic and the sarcastic. Imagine Muriel Spark's disreputable niece, punky and porny and puncturing every balloon of ego. The novel is outré and extravagant, unremitting and unrepentant, sweet and sour and salty * * SPECTATOR * *
Fun and thoughtful * * EMERALD STREET * *
Sharp writing and sharper wit * * THE LIST * *
This magical family saga will cement Thomas' position at the literary top table * * RED * *
A smart and witty family drama, taking in secrets, sex, suicide, celebrity and the meaning of life * * GLAMOUR * *
A mindbending novel of family drama * * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING * *
How I love her work! * * GRAZIA * *
She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga * * OBSERVER * *
Extremely good fun...riotous, gorgeous, full of flamboyant escapades * * MONOCLE ARTS REVIEW * *
A rewarding family saga * * SCOTSMAN * *
With each novel, Thomas's ambitions have grown larger, and this is her most sophisticated... in a world of fading wunderkinds, Scarlett Thomas is proving to be the real deal * * CATHOLIC HERALD * *
Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. Her other novels include Bright Young Things, PopCo, The End of Mr.Y which was longlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, and Our Tragic Universe. She teaches creative writing at the University of Kent.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847679208 |
| ISBN 10 | 184767920X |
| Title | The Seed Collectors |
| Author | Scarlett Thomas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2015-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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