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Release Day: The Merman by Carl-Johan Vallgren

11/07/2014, CelineNyx Feature, , 0

Nella and her brother Robert live an isolated and difficult life with their alcoholic mother and father in a small town on the west coast of Sweden. Robert is bullied at school for his learning difficulties, and in an attempt to protect him, Nella resorts to debt and petty crime to pay off his increasingly […]

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Review: The Merman by Carl-Johan Vallgren

19/03/2014, CelineNyx Review, , 7

Title: The Merman Author: Carl-Johan Vallgren Series: None Rating: 4 Stars 288 pages Published October 25th 2013 by Hesperus Press Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository A dark and bleak story of abuse, love between siblings, and the dark side of human nature. The Merman is the story of […]

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