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ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, an International Dublin Literary Award and a Mythopeic Award for Literature

When Apollo Kagwa was just a child, his father disappeared, leaving him with recurring nightmares and a box labelled 'Improbabilia'. Now a successful book dealer, Kagwa has a family of his own after meeting and falling in love with Emma, a librarian. The two marry and have a baby: so far so happy-ever-after.

However, as the pair settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. Emma's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, until one day she commits an unthinkable act, setting Apollo on a wild and fantastical quest through a suddenly otherworldly New York, in search of a wife and child he no longer recognises.

An epic novel for our anxiety-ridden times, The Changeling is a tale of parenthood, love - in its most raw and brutal form - and, ultimately, humanity.

About the Author

Victor LaValle is the author of six previous works of fiction. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Book Award, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Key to Southeast Queens. He lives in New York with his wife and children and teaches at Columbia University.

@victorlavalle | victorlavalle.com

Reviews
A mesmerising, monumental work . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness -- MARLON JAMES, author of the Dark Star trilogy
If the literary gods mixed together Haruki Murakami and Ralph Ellison . . . the result would be Victor LaValle -- ANTHONY DOERR, author of All the Light We Cannot See
[A] genre-defying, achingly literate phantasmagoria of a novel -- PAUL BEATTY, author of The Sellout
This punchy cocktail of modern parenting and ancient magic taps into contemporary unease and age-old fears . . . LaValle hooks the reader deep into his increasingly eldritch thriller * * Guardian * *
If monsters are your subject, writing like an angel helps -- Jennifer Senior * * New York Times * *
Absolutely compelling, completely thrilling, The Changeling overflows with menace, wonder and beauty -- KELLY LINK
I say this without exaggeration: it's a masterpiece -- MAT JOHNSON
LaValle's haunting tale weaves a mesmerising web -- Janet Maslin * * New York Times * *
LaValle's bewitching masterpiece * * USA Today * *
A dark, shape-shifting, unpredictable beast, best enjoyed as a series of surprises . . . The Changeling is dazzling, exciting and rather beautiful * * Big Issue * *


Awards
Winner of American Book Awards 2018 (United States) and British Fantasy Awards 2018 (UK) and Locus Awards: Horror Novel 2018 (United States) and World Fantasy Awards 2018 (United States). Short-listed for PEN/Jean Stein Book Award 2018 (United States) and Shirley Jackson Awards 2017 (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9781786893826
Author Victor LaValle
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Canongate Books
Publisher Canongate Books
Weight(grams) 297g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 27mm