- Published: 1 March 2012
- ISBN: 9781446492840
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 304
The Death of Bees
- Published: 1 March 2012
- ISBN: 9781446492840
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 304
A dark, fierce first novel that is a page-turner and a fairy tale turned inside out. I can’t wait to read what she writes next.
Alice Hoffman, New York Times
A wonderful dark comic first novel
Alice Hoffman
A black comedy, mixing The Ladykillers with Irvine Welsh’s The Acid House...O’Donnell adeptly balances caustic humour and compassion.
Guardian
Compelling piece of work... O’Donnell brings a freshness to her narrative, thanks to the brilliantly evoked voices of her two young female protagonists.... Warm without being cosy, explicit without being shocking, and emotive without being schmaltzy, this is a powerful coming-of-age tale with a clear eye for the travails of 21st-century deprived living.
The Scotsman
This vibrantly imagined novel, by turns hilarious and appalling, is hard to resist.
Daily Mail
The Death Of Bees is compelling stuff, engaging the emotions from the first page and quickly becoming almost impossible to put down.
Herald
Channelling the spirit of Joe Orton…O’Donnell cuts black comedy with a big dollop of sentiment…The Death of Bees steadily draws you into its characters’ lives.
Adrian Turpin, Financial Times