Quinn

Name: Quinn
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Em Strang
ISBN: 9781666634433

Author: Em Strang

Narrator: Paul Fox

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 04/18/2023

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Crime, Psychological

Synopsis

Quinn is serving a life sentence for a crime he's convinced he hasn't committed. Surely the authorities have got it wrong, and when they find his childhood sweetheart, Andrea, his name will be cleared. His parole is drawing near when he receives an unexpected letter from Andrea's mother, who invites Quinn to share her home. It soon becomes apparent that what appears to be a genuine act of forgiveness is influenced by more complex motivations. As they navigate the thorny terrain of guilt, justice, and mutual need that underpins their relationship, the story of Quinn's past is gradually revealed, setting in motion a final reckoning. Scottish poet Em Strang's first novel is a hypnotic rendering of an unravelling mind and a visceral story about the very limits of forgiveness.

About Em Strang

Em Strang is a poet and writer from Scotland. She has a PhD from the University of Glasgow and, in 2014, was selected for a Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award. She is the author of several books of poetry, including Bird-Woman, which was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Best First Collection Prize and was awarded the Saltire Poetry Book of the Year Award 2017.

About Paul Fox

Paul Fox is an actor and a director who's best known for the films Red Tails, Deserter, Startrooper, and Elizabeth. As a voice actor, he can be heard on national commercials, computer games, and audiobooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Meike

Aaaahhh, Booker bait: The debut novel of a 52-year-old Scottish poet, written from the perspective of a convicted murderer who was raised in an abusive household and now encounters forgiveness by his victim's terminally ill mother. Of course the text also features all the good artsy stuff: Repetitio......more

Goodreads review by Paul

‘This isn’t an act of disloyalty to Andrea. It’s an act of freedom for myself–at least that’s what I hope it is. I want to make peace with what I can’t change. Do you understand?’ I did not understand but nodded. Some things are beyond the mind’s understanding. Quinn is the debut novel by poet Em Str......more

Goodreads review by Andy

This is a refreshingly strange and quite distinctive take on what could otherwise be a run-of-the-mill crime story. The eponymous Quinn is in the first part of the piece narrating from prison. He is convinced of his innocence in the murder of a young woman, Andrea, for which he has been convicted, t......more

Goodreads review by Bookish Bethany

Beautifully written, strange, echoing motifs. Full of sadness.......more