Book Group - The True Deceiver - Thursday 25th April 2024

Buy a copy of The True Deceiver to book your place in the April book group!

Thursday 25th April at 6.30pm. Location: Golden Hare Books, EH3 5AQ.

About the book:

"The True Deceiver glitters with the kind of sharpness that might just cut you... It is one of Jansson's most deceptively quiet, most astonishing compositions." — Ali Smith

In the deep winter snows of a Finnish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she needs companionship. But what does she hope to gain by doing this? And who ultimately is deceiving whom? In this portrayal of two women grappling with truth and lies, nothing can be taken for granted. By the time the snow thaws, both their lives will have changed irrevocably.

About the author:

The writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is best known as the creator of the Moomin stories, which have been published in thirty-five languages. However, from 1968, she turned her attention to writing for adults. The True Deceiver was written when she was sixty-eight.