Escape Routes realistic fiction they learn of each other

they learn of each other

Only things aren’t quite what they seem at this circus

Chris Haughton

A baaaaaaaaaad seed

was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize

Escape Routes realistic fiction they learn of each otherWritten by Naomi Ishiguro paperback Characterised by its own brand of pleasingly unsettling magic, Naomi Ishiguro's Escape Routes matches the inventiveness of David Mitchell with the fairy tale allure of Angela Carter. A space obsessed child conjures up a vortex in his mother's airing cupboard. A musician finds her friendship with a flock of birds opens up unexpected possibilities. A rat catcher, summoned to a decaying royal palace, is plunged into a