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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber

FORMAT: Hardback

ISBN: 9780571275168

RRP: £14.99

PAGES: 528

PUBLICATION DATE:
May 5, 2011

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Gillespie and I

As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance, nearly four decades previously, with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the fame she maintains he deserved. Back in 1888, the young, art-loving, Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes – leading to a notorious criminal trial – the promise and certainties of this world all too rapidly disorientate into mystery and deception. Featuring a memorable cast of characters, infused with atmosphere and period detail, and shot through with wicked humour, “Gillespie and I” is a tour de force from one of the emerging names of British fiction.

Reviews of Gillespie and I

"To say anything more would be to give away the plot, which is too delectable to spoil."–Washington Post

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