AUGUST FROST. by Roffey, Monique - (2003)

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, (2003). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The first novel by this award-winning Trinidadian-born British writer, originally published in the UK under the title "Sun Dog." Publisher's Weekly described it as "An imaginative fable grounded in realistic detail, which follows the metamorphosis of August Chalmin, a socially awkward, lonely 30-something Londoner with 'upright blood-orange hair which limbo danced crazily from his head, as though a madman lived there, leaping from a burning attic.' .. Over the course of a year, August's body undergoes a series of peculiar changes tied to the seasons. His skin turns blue and an icicle dangles from his ear in the fall and winter. In the spring, his body begins to bud, sprouting small leaves and branches... Mournful, quietly suspenseful and gently surreal, August's story is a haunting whimsy that marks the arrival of a talented newcomer." 320 pp.