Gillespie and I - Softcover

Harris, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571238297 ISBN 13: 9780571238293

Publisher: Faber And Faber Ltd.

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From the award-winning author of The Observations comes a beautifully conjured and wickedly sharp tale of art and deception in nineteenth-century Scotland.

As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two pet birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter recounts the story of her friendship with Ned Gillespie—a talented artist whose life came to a tragic end before he ever achieved the fame and recognition that Harriet maintains he deserved.

In 1888, young Harriet arrives in Glasgow during the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter with Ned, she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in their lives. But when tragedy strikes, culminating in a notorious criminal trial, the certainty of Harriet’s new world rapidly spirals into suspicion and despair.

Infused with rich period detail, shot through with sly humor, and featuring a memorable cast of characters, Gillespie and I is an absorbing, atmospheric tale of one young woman’s friendship with a volatile artist and her place in the controversy that consumes him—a tour de force from one of the emerging names of modern fiction.

About the Author:

Jane Harris is the author of the award-winning novel The Observations. She lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber And Faber Ltd.
• ISBN 10: 0571238297
• ISBN 13: 9780571238293
• Binding: Paperback