Will Napier is an American-born writer living in Fife, Scotland with his wife and two sons. Summer of the Cicada is his first novel. He is at work on a collection of short fiction and is writing his second novel.
'An American version of Iain Banks' Wasp Factory' Rachel Hore, Guardian Brilliantly disturbing * Scotsman * The opening scene of Summer of the Cicada lodges itself in the mind and stays there until the final page... the ferocity of the violence, combined with the matter-of-fact way the scene unfolds, leaves an unforgettble impression... It is a measure of the artistry Will Napier brings to his first novel that the harrowing subject matter does not make for a depressing read * Sunday Telegraph * Supremely well imagined...Frequently brilliant and consistently unsettling, Summer of the Cicada will remain with you for quite a while * Independent * Like To Kill a Mockingbird rewritten from the viewpoint of Boo Radley * Scotland on Sunday *