The Whispering Muse

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Sjon
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Paperback
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Hodder & Stoughton
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16/04/2020
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9781529342994
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Sjon|Paperback|Hodder & Stoughton|16/04/2020
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9781529342994
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'Funny, strange, provoking and disturbing; darkness with a light touch.' TLSA master storyteller, Sjon weaves together Greek and Nordic myths with the legacies of the Second World War in this mesmerising novel, which reminds us that everything is capable of change.Valdimar Haraldsson is an eccentric Icelander with dubious ideas about the relationship between fish consumption and Nordic superiority. To his delight, in the spring of 1949, he is invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its voyage to the Black Sea. He is less delighted with the lack of fish on the menu. Worse, his fellow travellers show no interest in his 'Fish and Culture' lecture. They prefer the enthralling tales of the second mate, Caeneus, who every evening regales them with his adventures aboard the Argo, on Jason's legendary quest for the Golden Fleece.
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