David Mitchell, author of Black Swan Green, a novel about a 13-year-old boy who has a stammer, is also a patron of the Association.

Neal Brose, from part 3, features as a schoolboy in Black Swan Green.

Black Swan Green is a semi-autobiographical bildungsroman written by David Mitchell.

Anxious, perhaps, about being mistaken for a supernatural being, Mitchell set himself a different sort of challenge in his brilliant new novel, "Black Swan Green."

"Black Swan Green" is uneventful, at least in comparison with Mitchell's other books.

This technique is thematically appropriate to "Black Swan Green," which is concerned with the repetition of language and experience.

Those who loved it were smaller in number, but intriguing and fervent: "I would say persevere - Black Swan Green is also worth a look."

Rather than providing an escape, the magic in "Black Swan Green" eventually intersects with ordinary life.

Emery Down is a small village clustered around a hilltop overlooking Swan Green and Lyndhurst.

After that: Black Swan Green.