All the Birds, Singing Coming of Age and bogged down with writer's

and bogged down with writer's block

dating a sociopathic man-baby

Her mission: keep alive the white boy who will grow up to assault her ancestor - because without him

Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious

All the Birds, Singing Coming of Age and bogged down with writer's**One of the Best Books of the Year in the Guardian, New Statesman, Independent, Observer** **Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize, and the Costa Award for Best Novel** **Winner of the Encore Award for Best Second Novel** **Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award** From one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, an emotionally powerful, award winning novel about an outsider haunted by an inescapable past. Jake Whyte has retreated to a