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Swimming Home

by Sophie Ward
Deborah Levy
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Swimming Home by Deborah Levy, read by Sophie Ward.
A poet, his wife, her daughter and their friends arrive at the French Riviera. The prospect of a long hot summer stretches ahead of them. At their villa, they find a body in the swimming pool.
But this body is very much alive. It is Kitty Finch: self-proclaimed botanist with lurid green fingernails, avid poetry fan, walking naked out of the water and straight into the centre of their holiday.
Why is she there? What does she want from them? And why does the poet's wife invite this beautiful young woman to remain?

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  • Release date

    April 5, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780241984765
      • File size: 126854 KB
      • Duration: 04:24:16

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Mentally disturbed Kitty Finch swims naked into the lives of five people on vacation, upsetting plans, equilibrium, and already damaged relationships. Narrator Nicola Barber's performance reflects the tension between the characters. Even before listeners know what the story is about, Barber's portrayals suggest that something is very wrong here. Soon, Kitty's behavior leaves no doubt as she does things like eat chocolate from a rat trap. The vacationers are a family of three ( a philandering poet, his war correspondent wife, and their teenage daughter) and two co-owners owners of a failing business. They're all upper-crust English, and so, appropriately, is Barber's accent. Her sophisticated, subtle performance is highly suitable to this short, unsettling novel. G.S.D. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

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