A Sixpenny Song - Softcover

Jennifer Johnston is one of the foremost writers of her generation. She has won the Whitbread Prize (THE OLD JEST), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS and HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?). She was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize with SHADOWS ON OUR SKIN.

Alluring and powerful * The Press Association * '[A] beautifully written novella... so well-written, so deeply imagined, that the reader will find delight even in the encircling gloom' * Scotsman * 'The Costa prizewinner and Booker-shortlisted Johnston knows how to tell a story succinctly...[she writes with] the deceptive ease of a skilled craftswoman...further proof of her skill as a writer' * Irish Independent * Johnston is noted for her brevity, the pared-back quality of her writing * Irish Times * '[Johnston's] novels display a surface smallness that belies their immense depths. She is a storyteller of truth and its consequences, and her books are deep and worthwhile considerations of the human condition... A Sixpenny Song is a truly moving novel evidencing beyond all reasonable doubt, if any such proof were required, not only that the fire has yet to burn out but that Miss Johnston, at 83 years old, remains at the very top of her game' * Irish Examiner * Masterly -- Penelope Lively * The Sunday Times * A bittersweet demonstration of the impossibility of love... shot through with a luminous magic -- John Walsh * Independent * Roddy Doyle called Johnston the best writer in Ireland. Mesmerising, powerful fiction * Red * A brilliant storyteller * Literary Review * PRAISE FOR JENNIFER JOHNSTON: Masterly...her books bring to mind other Irish craftsmen such as William Trevor and the late Josephine Hart * Daily Express *