Freakslaw: A travelling funfair of seductive troublemakers arrive in a repressed Scottish town. What could possibly go wrong?

By (author) Jane Flett

It’s the summer of ’97 and the repressed Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. Enter the Freakslaw – a travelling funfair populated by deviant queers, a contortionist witch, the most powerful fortune teller, and other architects of mayhem. It doesn’t take long for the Freakslaw folk to infiltrate Pitlaw’s grey world, where the town’s teenagers – none more so than Ruth and Derek – are seduced by neon charms and the possibility of escape.

But beneath it all, these newcomers are harbouring a darker desire: revenge. And as tensions reach fever pitch between the stoic locals and the dazzling intruders, a violence that’s been simmering for centuries is about to be unleashed.

‘Delightful, delirious and transgressive, this book is the wildest of carnival rides, an open-mouthed kiss with the lingering taste of candyfloss and smoke. Jane Flett has created a queer punk masterpiece and we should all be so lucky to have our lives turned upside down by a visit to the Freakslaw.’ – Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells.

Reviews of Freakslaw: A travelling funfair of seductive troublemakers arrive in a repressed Scottish town. What could possibly go wrong?

Delightful, delirious and transgressive, this book is the wildest of carnival rides, an open-mouthed kiss with the lingering taste of candyfloss and smoke. Jane Flett has created a queer punk masterpiece and we should all be so lucky to have our lives turned upside down by a visit to the Freakslaw. * Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells * Part block party, part call to arms, Freakslaw is almost a new kind of genre. Wild, raunchy, brutal ? a madcap funhouse with heart. * Liska Jacobs, author of The Pink Hotel * I don't think I've read anything quite like Freakslaw before. A wild, fun house of horrors ? whip smart, the sharpest writing, funny, visceral and filled with vengeance. I loved it! * Rachelle Atalla, author of The Pharmacist * A strong spiritual successor to Katherine Dunn's Geek Love, Freakslaw gorgeously captures the desire to get away from places that can't contain you?and the complications of looking for escape. * Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl *