The Drowning of Arthur Braxton

'Magical, weird and wonderful. Dark unique brilliance.' MATT HAIG, author of The Radleys 'This thoroughly modern retelling is everything a fairy tale should be: strange, beautiful and wholly unexpected.' TANYA BYRNE, author of Heart Shaped Bruise 'Will Self and Caroline Smailes are arch-experimentalists' OBSERVER 'She experiments, she doesn't settle. She's a restless, questing spirit - always in search of the story that shocks her readers out of complacency. And she is - book after book - getting herself a reputation as a force to be reckoned with.' STEPHEN MAY, author of Life! Death! Prizes! 'A quirky magical tale of wit, water and destiny. Caroline Smailes always writes with flair and empathy - this time she explores the power of our need to belong.' SARAH SALWAY, author of Something Beginning With 'A dark but enchanting tale of the redemptive power of love.' TOM VOWLER author of What Lies Within 'One of the most unusual and talented writers around .' STUART EVERS, Netgalley

'Magical, weird and wonderful. Dark unique brilliance.' MATT HAIG, author of The Radleys 'This thoroughly modern retelling is everything a fairy tale should be: strange, beautiful and wholly unexpected.' TANYA BYRNE, author of Heart Shaped Bruise

'Magical, weird and wonderful. Dark unique brilliance.' MATT HAIG, author of The Radleys 'This thoroughly modern retelling is everything a fairy tale should be: strange, beautiful and wholly unexpected.' TANYA BYRNE, author of Heart Shaped Bruise 'A quirky magical tale of wit, water and destiny. Caroline Smailes always writes with flair and empathy - this time she explores the power of our need to belong.' SARAH SALWAY, author of Something Beginning With