Freakslaw: A travelling funfair of seductive troublemakers arrive in a repressed Scottish town. What could possibly go wrong?

A travelling funfair of seductive troublemakers arrive in a repressed Scottish town. What could possibly go wrong?

It’s the summer of ’97 and the Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change.

Enter the Freakslaw – a travelling funfair populated by deviant queers, a contortionist witch, the most powerful fortune teller, and other architects of mayhem. It doesn’t take long for the Freakslaw folk to infiltrate Pitlaw’s grey world, where the town’s teenagers – none more so than Ruth and Derek – are seduced by neon charms and the possibility of escape.

But beneath it all, these newcomers are harbouring a darker desire: revenge.

And as tensions reach fever pitch between the stoic locals and the dazzling intruders, a violence that’s been simmering for centuries is about to be unleashed…

Reviews of Freakslaw: A travelling funfair of seductive troublemakers arrive in a repressed Scottish town. What could possibly go wrong?

Delightful, delirious and transgressive, this book is the wildest of carnival rides, an open-mouthed kiss with the lingering taste of candyfloss and smoke. Jane Flett has created a queer punk masterpiece and we should all be so lucky to have our lives turned upside down by a visit to the Freakslaw. * Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells * Part block party, part call to arms, Freakslaw is almost a new kind of genre. Wild, raunchy, brutal ? a madcap funhouse with heart. * Liska Jacobs, author of The Pink Hotel * I don't think I've read anything quite like Freakslaw before. A wild, fun house of horrors ? whip smart, the sharpest writing, funny, visceral and filled with vengeance. I loved it! * Rachelle Atalla, author of The Pharmacist * A strong spiritual successor to Katherine Dunn's Geek Love, Freakslaw gorgeously captures the desire to get away from places that can't contain you?and the complications of looking for escape. * Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl *