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The Sound of My Voice Ron Butlin

The Sound of My Voice By Ron Butlin

The Sound of My Voice by Ron Butlin


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One of the Guardian's novels everyone must read and featured on the List's top 100 Scottish novels of all time. Harrowing but compellingly written, with humour and compassion, The Sound of My Voice is a stylistic masterpiece that presents conflict between a man's cowardice and cruelty, and a desperate attempt to recover his humanity.

The Sound of My Voice Summary

The Sound of My Voice by Ron Butlin

Morris Magellan wakes one morning to find himself stuck in a corporate job and living the suburban dream with a wife and two children, except this dream feels like a nightmare. Out of his depth and starting to drift from reality, we meet Morris at the precipice. Bit by bit he is losing his struggle with addiction - he just doesn't know it yet. His only solace and escape from suburban family life and corporate duties is music and alcohol. His life is soundtracked with symphonies and concertos, every note, and every drink, carries him from moment to moment hoping to salvage something of himself before that too slips from his grasp.

Harrowing but compellingly written, with humour and compassion, The Sound of My Voice is a stylistic masterpiece that presents conflict between a man's cowardice and cruelty, and a desperate attempt to recover his humanity.

The Sound of My Voice Reviews

'Playful, haunting and moving, this is writing of the highest quality . . . One of the most inventive and daring novels ever to have come out of Scotland'

-- Ian Rankin

'One of the classic post-war Scottish novels. It's simply a roaring success on all levels; it's a genius piece of fiction'

-- Irvine Welsh

'A profound and beautifully written study of human fragility in the face of the brutalism of modern life'

-- James Robertson

'A stylistic masterpiece . . . chilling but extremely enjoyable'

* Daily Mail *

'Compulsively readable . . . a cleverly orchestrated unique work of fiction'

* Herald *

'Brilliantly-structured short novel . . . superb writing'

* The Scotsman *

'Deserves to be talked about in the same breath as Saul Bellow's Seize the Day'

* Metro *

About Ron Butlin

Ron Butlin is an award-winning poet, playwright, novelist, short-story writer, children's author and librettist whose works have been translated into many languages. He regularly gives creative writing workshops in schools, and was Edinburgh Makar from 2008 to 2014.

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GOR013338050
9781846976506
1846976502
The Sound of My Voice by Ron Butlin
Used - Like New
Paperback
Birlinn General
2023-09-07
144
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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