- Published: 15 May 2011
- ISBN: 9780099539858
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $27.99
The Death of Lomond Friel
- Published: 15 May 2011
- ISBN: 9780099539858
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $27.99
I loved it...it's about human relationships, stark and simple, when they are tested to the limit. Who would have thought a novel about a stroke could be so compelling?... An excellent novel, tender and witty and shot through with perception of many kinds
Margaret Forster
The Death of Lomond Friel is a very fine first novel, full of emotion, laced with wit, and crowded with observations of the surface absurdities and hidden pains of being human. It marks Sue Peebles as an assured and cunning writer
James Robertson
This sensitive and moving narrative brings vivid, life-sized characters together in a powerful and meaningful manner. Peebles writes with an emotive energy and a lyricism that is open-hearted, focused and soulful. A debut novel worth indulging in if you'd like to introduce into your life a touch more clarity, insight and grace
Kevin MacNeil
A book that stayed with me long after I'd turned the final page. Despite their weaknesses and problems I wanted to keep hanging out with Rosie Friel and her family. Sue Peebles has created a very real cast of characters and rendered them with such style and verve, I really didn't want to let them go. She has a great future as a writer
Louise Welsh
If there is justice in the world she will be collecting prizes by the basketload for this extraordinary novel
Lesley McDowell, The Scotsman
In this debut novel Sue Peebles shows herself to be a deft wordsmith, grounded, subtle, and funny
Jennie Renton, Scottish Review of Books
The delicacy and care with which she draws the stricken Lomond is the outstanding feat of this ambitions work
Rosemary Goring, Sunday Herald
Piercingly lovely...a pleasure to read
Catherine Taylor, Guardian
Peebles tells this story with skill, tempering a potentially saccharine plot with a wry authorial gaze
Adrian Turpin, Financial Times
A vibrant, witty and passionate tale of a family struggling to overcome tragedy...Peebles' prose is consistently startling - there isn't an ordinary or hackneyed sentence or sentiment in the book...beautifully expresses the joys and tribulations of family life
Ian Critchley, Daily Telegraph
Shot through with a fizzing mix of philosophy and comedy
Piers Plowright, The Tablet
An unusual, loveable debut...that explores the complexities of family relationships and the weight of memory
Natalie Young, The Times, Christmas round up
An unusual, loveable debut about a father and his daugther on the East Coast of Scotland...superbly written with a small cast of memorable characters
Erica Wagner, The Times, Christmas round up
The beautiful debut by Scottish novelist Sue Peebles. This tale of a daughter caring for her father who has suffered a stroke is psychologically true and elegantly portrayed
Lesley McDowell, Sunday Herald, Christmas round up
The best debut I read...sharp, tender, wicked, and beautifully poised prose that reads like the work of an accomplished novelist
Gavin Wallace, Sunday Herald, Christmas round up