An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It

The stories in this impressive and unusual debut collection chronicle the lives of the lonely and estranged … a highly original collection from a distinctive new voice in fiction - Independent on Sunday

[An] accomplished debut collection … She has a Mantel-esque way with metaphor, in which clarity of the image illuminates plot and theme … this talented writer has all the resources to break out of her comfort zone - **** Daily Telegraph

Greengrass is undoubtedly that rare thing, a genuinely new and assured voice in prose. Her work is precise, properly moving, quirky and heartfelt. She explores the rich borderland where science fiction and literary fiction meet. I look forward to anything and everything else she writes. - AL Kennedy

A number of the individual story titles are fantastic, too. I must also mention that this volume has been beautifully produced and is one of the first offerings from JM Originals, a new list by John Murray … You’ll want to keep an eye out for others in the series - Bookbag

One of the first books to come from the John Murray Originals imprint (the cover is stunning) which I want to read for the title, and title story, alone - Savidge Reads

Greengrass is undoubtedly that rare thing, a genuinely new and assured voice in prose. Her work is precise, properly moving, quirky and heartfelt - AL Kennedy

This brilliant and unusual collection is truly original. - Emerald Street

The stories in Jessie Greengrass’ debut work would be auspicious even without its singular title … Greengrass’s scope is ambitious, and at times self-consciously sedulous, compensated for by admirable technical skill, and an exhilarating sense of the unknown … The majority of the collection soars. Greengrass’s language can switch from elegant and frosty to richly sensual … sheer range and conspicuous talent - Financial Times