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Ali Shaw shortlisted for Desmond Elliott prize
Conville and Walsh are delighted to announce that Ali Shaw’s novel, THE GIRL WITH GLASS FEET, has been shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott prize, in a shortlist of just three first novels.
THE GIRL WITH GLASS FEET tells the story of a mysterious and frightening metamorphosis that has befallen Ida MacLaird – she is slowly turning into glass, from the feet up. She returns to St Hauda’s Land, where she believes the glass first took hold, in the vain hope of finding a cure. Midas Crook is a young loner who has lived there all his life. When he meets Ida, something about her sad, defiant spirit pierces his emotional defences. As Midas helps Ida come to terms with her affliction, she gradually unpicks the knots of his heart and they begin to fall in love…
What they need most is time – and time is slipping away fast. Will they find a way to save her?
THE GIRL WITH GLASS FEET has already been nominated for other awards since publication, including the Costa First Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award. The book won the British Book Design and Production Award in the literature category this year.
The Desmond Elliott Prize is an annual award for a first novel written in English and published in the UK. Worth £10,000 to the winner, the prize is named after the literary agent and publisher, Desmond Elliott. The winner will be announced on 23rd June 2010.
28 May 2010