âGripping and moving. A literary triumphâ Nicola Sturgeon
âA humane and searching storyâ Ian Rankin
âKirstin Innes is aiming high, writing for readers in the early days of a better nationâ A.L. Kennedy
A BOOK OF THE YEARNEW STATESMANA BOOK OF THE YEARSCOTSMANâ˘
Three days before her fifty-first birthday Clio Campbell â one-hit wonder, political activist, lifelong love and one-night-stand â kills herself in her friend Ruthâs spare bedroom. And, as practical as she is, Ruth doesnât know what to do.
who was Clio Campbell?As the news spreads around Clioâs collaborators and comrades, lovers and enemies, the story of her glamorous, chaotic life spreads with it â from the Scottish Highlands to the Genoa G8 protests, from an anarchist squat in Brixton to. Sifting through half a century of memories and unanswered questions, everyone who thought they know her is forced to ask:Top of the Pops