The Mermaid of Black Conch - Roffey, Monique
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"The Mermaid of Black Conch spins the enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her"--

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"The Mermaid of Black Conch spins the enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her"--
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MONIQUE ROFFEY is a senior lecturer in creative writing at the Manchester Writing School of Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of seven books, four of which are set in Trinidad and the Caribbean region. This novel won the 2020 Costa Book of the Year Award and was short-listed for several other major prizes. An essayist and journalist, her work has appeared in The New York Review of Books, Boundless, and The Independent. She was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and educated in the UK. Her website is moniqueroffey.com.
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A daring, mesmerising novel that continually unseats expectation - I was deliciously unsure, throughout, what would happen next. With her fierce and shapeshifting mermaid, Roffey has created a modern myth about belonging and the bonds humans form with each other and with their land, single-handedly bringing magic realism up to date Maggie O'Farrell, No.1 bestselling author of Hamnet