Black Swan Green – David Mitchell

One year, one English village and the daily trials of being thirteen.

In 1982, Jason Taylor navigates schoolyard hierarchies, family tensions and the private world of his own imagination in the Worcestershire village of Black Swan Green. Living with a stammer and hiding his love of poetry, he must work out when to fit in and when to stand apart.

David Mitchell’s coming-of-age novel captures the humour, cruelty and uncertainty of adolescence through a sharply observed year of change.

If you liked The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger or the bittersweet growing-up story of The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, you’ll enjoy this intimate portrait of a young person finding his voice.

A paperback in Good condition: moderate wear and some page yellowing, with all pages present.