The Fall of Frankenstein

Dark Futures

Jenni Fagan author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Birlinn General

Publishing:6th May '27

£12.00

This title is due to be published on 6th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Fall of Frankenstein cover

Across the globe, language is being used to control and to harm; politicians wield it like a weapon. Far away, deep in a silent cave, the Creature awakens, and soon words begin to disappear from the world.

Tired of being immortal Victor Frankenstein has brought Mary Shelley back to life to settle their story once and for all – however, he starts to notice that something is not quite right. Immediately he recognises the hallmarks of his Creature at work and realises he needs the help of Mary Shelley, who he has brought back to life and who has set up the Independent Bureau of Lost Words. Can they track down the Creature in time before all language is lost for ever?

Remixing Mary Shelley’s classic story into a work of dazzling speculative fiction, Jenni Fagan presents a crazy, fast, funny and dark tale that will open readers’ eyes to the power of language and how it can be used by us and against us.

'A dazzling work of speculative fiction, Fagan presents a crazy, fast, funny and dark tale meditating on the nature of language'

* The Bookseller *

'I'm very in love with a writer called Jenni Fagan, she is phenomenal'

-- Samantha Morton

'Fagan pulls stories apart in a ferocious and riotous exploration of language that both celebrates the ways it connects us as well as the ways it can cleave us apart. The Fall of Frankenstein gives us Shelley and her monsters as they’ve never been conceived before and gets to the bloody guts of creation in all its forms'

-- Lynsey May

‘Victor Frankenstein is alive and it's 2026 – and he decides to bring back Mary Shelley from the grave. She is in good shape and even better mood. Meanwhile, some words are dying, and Mary, Victor and the ever-resentful Creature will intervene. As usual, Jenni Fagan is brilliant and warm, dazzling and just so unique’

-- Mariana Enriquez, author of Our Share of N

ISBN: 9781846977534

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 10mm

Weight: 272g

176 pages