The Book of Colour. A Family Memoir

The Book of Colour. A Family Memoir

Published

February 2005

Publishers

The Book of Colour is about childhood, about madness, about the fear of miscegenation - and about a pig. It establishes Julia Blackburn as one of the most original English writers since Chatwin. It was shortlisted for The Orange Prize 1996.

Formidable...Memorable and poetic.

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