'A novel such as Small Island is a hard act to follow, but in her new book Levy has moved into top gear. 'As well as being beautifully written The Long Song is a thoroughly researched historical novel that is both powerful and heartbreaking.' - The Daily Express 'This is a terrific book: beautifully written and imagined, and full of surprises.' - A. Levy's aim, she says, was to write a book that instilled pride in anyone with slave ancestors and The Long Song, though "its load may prove to be unsettling", is surely that book.' - The Sunday Telegraph 'Slavery is a grim subject indeed, but the wonder of Levy's writing is that she can confront such things and somehow derive deeply life-affirming entertainment from them. 'Bittersweet and mischievous, Levy's keenly awaited new novel is worth the wait for all fans of her Small Island.' - The Daily Mail ' The Long Song is is told with irresistible cunning it is captivating, mischievious and optimistic, generating new stories and plot lines throughout the tale.' - The Daily Telegraph Publisher: Headline Publishing Group ISBN: 9780755359424 Number of pages: 432 Weight: 300 g Dimensions: 130 x 196 x 32 mm MEDIA REVIEWS
Now a major BBC TV drama, starring Tamara Lawrance, Lenny Henry and Hayley Atwell. Th e Long Song by Andrea Levy is a hauntingly beautiful, heartbreaking and unputdownable novel of the last days of slavery in Jamaica, for those who loved Homegoing, The Underground Railroad, or the film 12 Years a Slave. But what befalls them all is carefully chronicled upon these pages for you to peruse. My son says I must convey how the story tells also of July's mama Kitty, of the negroes that worked the plantation land, of Caroline Mortimer the white woman who owned the plantation and many more persons besides - far too many for me to list here. She was there when the Baptist War raged in 1831, and she was present when slavery was declared no more. July is a slave girl who lives upon a sugar plantation named Amity and it is her life that is the subject of this tale. Come, let them just read it for themselves. All this he wishes me to pen so the reader can decide if this is a novel they might care to consider. Perhaps, my son suggests, I might write that it is a thrilling journey through that time in the company of people who lived it. As your storyteller, I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed. My son Thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a novel to give the reader a little taste of the story that is held within these pages.
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