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WINNER OF THE McKITTERICK PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARD

AS SEEN ON RYAN MURPHY’S FEUD SEASON 2

‘Sparkling’ GUARDIAN
‘Fascinating’ RED
‘Remarkable’ WOMAN AND HOME
‘Astounding’ EMERALD STREET
‘Glamorous’ IRISH TIMES
‘Scandalous’ DAILY MAIL
‘Spellbinding’ SUNDAY EXPRESS
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To the outside world, they were the icons of high society – the most glamorous and influential women of their age. To Truman Capote they were his Swans: the ideal heroines, as vulnerable as they were powerful. They trusted him with their most guarded, martini-soaked secrets, each believing she was more special and loved than the next…

Until he betrayed them.

‘Writers write. And one can’t be surprised if they write what they know.’
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‘The new Donna Tartt’ VOGUE

‘A dazzlingly assured first novel… This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail.’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘A whirlwind of a first novel. There is great pathos in the Swans’ woundings and in their inevitable decline. And the character of Truman himself shimmers through the novel in a wonderful blaze of eccentricity and excess. Outstanding.’ ROSE TREMAIN

‘A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skilful re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding.’ WILLIAM BOYD

‘Our generation’s The Secret History’ PENDORA

‘Brilliantly written, deeply researched, funny, sharp and moving.’ – KATE WILLIAMS, bestselling author of Josephine

‘Brilliantly captures Capote’s acid wit and his dramatic downfall.’ THE TIMES, Books of the Year

‘This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud’ OBSERVER

‘Greenberg-Jephcott’s debut is a devastating read that blurs the lines between vulnerability and narcissism; sex and power… will have you racing breathlessly towards the end’ THE POOL

Publisher Review

If a writer is going to craft a novel from well-known events, they might as well do it with brio, which this has in spades... A skilled and sparking debut -- Suzi Feay * Guardian * This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud -- Alex Preston * The Observer * A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skillful re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding. -- William Boyd A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail * The Sunday Times * A sparkling debut vividly captures the high society women who punished Capote for his indiscreet reporting * The Guardian * Since reading the totally, totally beautiful Swan Song, I have two new hobbies. Googling photos of Barbara Paley and watching videos of the Camel Walk. -- Dolly Alderton Gorgeous... That glittering world - all Dom Perignon, Sobranies, Quaalude and Chanel - is recreated with a lovely eye for detail -- Robbie Millen * The Times * As deliciously gossipy as it is wretched, and Greenberg-Jephcott's unique rendering of Capote's squealing drawl of a voice is unforgettable. -- Frankie McCoy * Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Brilliantly captures Capote's acid wit and his dramatic downfall. * The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR * A rich, sharp, sting of a book. It made me laugh and grimace and pity monsters. I'm still smiling about it -- Stu Turton, bestselling author of THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE