Young Audrey Flowers is living with her pet tortoise when she receives an unexpected phone call. Her father has been killed in a bizarre accident involving a Christmas tree, and Audrey must return home to her beloved, grief-stricken Uncle Thoby. Before long, she realises there is a mystery to her father's life and death that needs to be solved. She embarks on an extraordinary journey; one that unfolds in a world that is almost, but not quite, our own. AUTHOR: Jessica Grant lives in Newfoundland. Come, Thou Tortoise is her first novel. SELLING POINTS: -A spectacular debut from one of the rising stars of Knopf Canada -Grant has won both The Western Magazine Prize and the Journey Prize for her short fiction -For fans of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time REVIEWS: ?A work of great subtlety and skill?will have readers clamouring for a second novel from this talented Canadian writer'. ? Literary Review ?A deadpan, captivating and offbeat adventure' ? Big Issue ?Jessica Grant has an engaging, wry and forthright style, which echoes Don DeLillo, Lewis Carroll and Kurt Vonnegut Jr? A delight'. Globe hMail ?One of those rare books that manage to entwine humour ? in this case, even outright silliness ? with poignant insight and a captivating plot'. ? Quill gQuire
