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ISBN 0-345-39165-9 (US hbk),,, 0-00-648033-0 (UK pbk)
novel, science fiction, future, identity, edge, women
2nd novel. Winner (shared with Melissa Scott) of the 1996 Lambda Literary Award for the best gay/lesbian Science Fiction or Fantasy novel. Winner of the 1996 Nebula Award for Best Novel.
"Once the favourite daughter of one of the world's most powerful families, Lore van de Oest is now alone and desperate. She wakes naked and injured in a back alley of a strange city -- dumped by kidnappers -- and has no one to turn to. Not the police, because she believes she killed one of her captors. Not her family: they did not pay her ransom.
"Out of the rain walks Spanner, predator and thief, who takes Lore in and teaches her the intoxication of life on the wrong side of the law... until Lore loathes what she has become. Only by confronting her own demons can Lore meld together who she once was, who she has become, and the person she intends to be.
"Nicola Griffith's second novel is an intense and vivid story of life on the wild side that explores danger, sex, identity and personal responsibility in a recognizable future where big business profits from handling the pollution it created in the first place." [jacket blurb, UK pbk, 1995]
"A rich work, exhibiting tremendous craftsmanship and a fresh, clear voice." David Davisson (in Nova Express , Volume 4, Number 4, Winter/Spring 1998).
Nicola Griffith Biography
(a personal bio at the University of Wisconsin... highly recommended)
Nicola Griffith Homepage
(news, books, short fiction, essays, interviews, upcoming appearances, awards, links, ask Nicola)
Slow River
(review in KGB magazine)
"Slow River" reviewed by David Davisson
(book review, in Nova Express , Volume 4, Number 4, Winter/Spring 1998... let me know if this review is available online, send URL)
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