Hex
Hex
Hex
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Hex

Jenni Fagan
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From the multi-award-winning, former Granta Best Young British Novelist, Jenni Fagan tells the story of GeillisDuncan, a teenage girl caught up in the sixteenth century witch trials in the Scottish coastal town of North Berwick.
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01-February-2023
112 Pages
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IT'S THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1591.

On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floors below Edinburgh's High Street, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they believe. As the hours pass and dawn approaches, Geillis recounts the circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture, confession and trial, while Iris offers support, solace and the tantalising prospect of escape.

Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a king's violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day.

'It's extraordinary. Make sure it's on your radar ... Definitely going to be one of my books of 2021...gloriously transgressive' Ian Rankin

'Fagan's prose is poetic, high-octane, built on punchy sentence' Sunday Times

'One of the most stunning literary experiences I've had in years' Irvine Welsh

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IT'S THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1591.

On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floors below Edinburgh's High Street, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they believe. As the hours pass and dawn approaches, Geillis recounts the circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture, confession and trial, while Iris offers support, solace and the tantalising prospect of escape.

Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a king's violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day.

'It's extraordinary. Make sure it's on your radar ... Definitely going to be one of my books of 2021...gloriously transgressive' Ian Rankin

'Fagan's prose is poetic, high-octane, built on punchy sentence' Sunday Times

'One of the most stunning literary experiences I've had in years' Irvine Welsh

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