Description
Following the success of The Summer Book, A Winter Book, and Fair Play, Sort of Books introduces Tove Jansson's haunting novel of suspense - published for the first time in English, in a brilliant new translation from Thomas Teal.
About the Author
The writer and artist TOVE JANSSON (1914-2001) is best known as the creator of the Moomin stories, which have been published in thirty-five languages - and are having a major relaunch through Puffin. However, for the last three decades of her life, from 1968, she turned her attention to writing for adults. Her bestseller, The Summer Book, is a modern Scandinavian classic and has sold nearly 100,000 copies in the UK alone.
Reviews
I loved this book. It's cool in both senses of the word, understated yet exciting. When I finished it I read it all over again. The characters still haunt me. -- Ruth Rendell
The True Deceiver glitters with the kind of sharpness that might just cut you... It is one of Jansson's most deceptively quiet, most astonishing compositions. -- Ali Smith
Tove Jansson was a genius -- Philip Pulman
The True Deceiver is a quiet masterpiece...the novel is haunting, complex and mysterious * The Age, Melbourne *
Book Information
ISBN 9780954899578
Author Tove Jansson
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Sort of Books
Publisher Sort of Books
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 22mm