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Synopsis

‘Bristles with expertly calibrated menace and moral ambiguity’ —TLS

‘Elegant and eloquent’ —Daily Mail

‘A propulsive narrative that immediately grabs our interest’ —Financial Times

‘The Catchers is a delight’ —The Guardian

‘Hugely atmospheric’ —Independent

‘An evocative musical road trip’ —Observer

‘A spacious, sweeping novel’ —The Spectator

‘This incisive, sharply written novel.’ —The Sunday Times

Selected by Martin Chilton for ‘The 20 best books of the year’ —Independent

Spring 1927.

The birth of popular music. John Coughlin is a song-catcher from New York who has been sent to Appalachia to source and record the local hill-country musicians.

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His assignment leads him to small-town Tennessee where he oversees the recording session that will establish his reputation. From here he ventures further south in search of glory. He is chasing what song-catchers call the big fish or the firefly; the song or performer whic