Andrea Mcnicoll - Book Launch September 15, 2008

ANDREA MCNICOLL – MOONSHINE IN THE MORNING
DATE: 15TH SEPTEMBER
TIME: 6:30PM

Blackwell takes create pleasure in launching this debut novel from Andrea McNicoll. In Moonshine in the morning Andrea achieves both charm and authenticity, she subtly builds up her characters and themes to create a world so distant in its geography, and yet so familiar in its intimate human drama, as to be utterly irresistible.

As sharp and delicious as a Thai red curry, the beautifully-crafted interlinking tales of "Moonshine in the Morning" present an unforgettable cast of strong-minded women and their wayward husbands clinging to village life in Thailand before the relentless advance of modernity. How can Mother Nong and Mother Pensri save their menfolk from terrifying visions of 'widow ghosts', when Uncle Lai's moonshine stall does such brisk business? What possessed Mother Suree to cut off her husband's proudest appendage and attach it to a high-flying balloon during the festival of Loy Krathong? And is the sacred banyan tree dying because the men are taking bets on its size, or because the women are lighting too many oil lamps under its ancient boughs?

Come along and discover some of the answers to these tantalising questions.

This event is ticketed, but tickets are FREE. Tickets are available from the front desk at Blackwell.
For more information please contact James Anderson on 0131 622 8222 or [email protected]

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