Freakslaw
Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Hardback Published on: 20/06/2024
RRP £16.99
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Bookseller Reviews
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Folk horror with a feminist twist - roll up roll up!
A wild and rampant fairground ride full of circus folks, the outsiders and those who are different, as the Freakslaw arrives in a small and closed minded S... READ MORE
A glorious fun house of horror
What a visceral ride of a book. Firstly, this is not a novel for the faint of heart, but what a glorious fun house of horrors it is. This story follows the... READ MORE
Fripping but a little too weird for me
Freakslaw is one of those books where I've finished reading it, but I honestly don't know how I felt about it. I was instantly ensnared by the premise, I l... READ MORE
Weird and wonderful!
Such a different but fun book! I loved how out there this was and the horror woven throughout. I thought there was such a fantastic cast of characters and ... READ MORE
Welcome to freakslaw - the feminist folk horror that will change your life
Welcome to freakslaw. It's the circus that will shatter your grey, conversative, small-town life ... And the book that will make it oh so much better.
F... READ MORE
Spellbinding.
Stupendous. A proper horror, no, not of the circus and the mischievous community that come with it but a horror of small town living, of the lack of autono... READ MORE
Synopsis
It’s the summer of ’97 and the repressed Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. Enter the Freakslaw – a travelling funfair populated by deviant queers, a contortionist witch, the most powerful fortune teller, and other architects of mayhem. It doesn’t take long for the Freakslaw folk to infiltrate Pitlaw’s grey world, where the town’s teenagers – none more so than Ruth and Derek – are seduced by neon charms and the possibility of escape.
But beneath it all, these newcomers are harbouring a darker desire: revenge. And as tensions reach fever pitch between the stoic locals and the dazzling intruders, a violence that’s been simmering for centuries is about to be unleashed.
- Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
- ISBN: 9780857529541
- Number of pages: 368
- Weight: 467g
- Dimensions: 224 x 143 x 33 mm
Customer Reviews
View allA whirligig, Tilt-A-Whirl of a book, that starts off slow then drags you in for the ride of your life.
A whirligig, Tilt-A-Whirl of a book, that starts off slow then drags you in for the ride of your life.
Freakslaw is a gorgeous, delicious feast, opening w... READ MORE
A wild ride and a great read!
It isn’t often that you can truly describe a novel as a visceral rollercoaster ride but perhaps that isn’t quite sufficient to describe what happens in the... READ MORE
Brilliant!
I was sent a copy of Freakslaw by Jane Flett to read and review by NetGalley. Wow! What a fantastic book, in many senses of the word! It’s compelling, m... READ MORE
3.5 worth persevering with this, it's something different.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book with no obligation to review.
I could not get into this book at all at first. I k... READ MORE
Unlike anything I've read this year
This is horror, but its horror in a neon drenched circus in 1997 where the members of a travelling circus are there to shake up the small town.
It's a m... READ MORE
Freakery and malice
The blurb tantalisingly hints at the chaos and mayhem that ensue as the Freakslaw folk, with their neon charms and dark desires, infiltrate the grey world ... READ MORE
Roll up, roll up for a "freaky" ride at the Freakslaw
Roll up, roll up the Freakslaw funfair is rolling into town! And the Scottish town of Pitlaw best watch out, for these misfits have more than just fun on t... READ MORE
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