D. M. Thomas s new novel explores and am-
plifies the themes and the concentric narrative
of his previous book, Ararat but--althoUgh it
deals with some of the same characters and
incidents--it is a distinctive and indepehdent
work
The novel begins by a lake within a ilke in
Finland, where a different kind of Olympiad is
in progress: a contest between competing
improvisationists, who are wing for the !aurel
crown by extemporizing narratives to themes
set by their judges. And so as Swa//ow
progresses it unfolds the competing and!
complementary narratives of the rival
improvisationists: among them a moving:
quasi-autobiographical story of a young boy s
journey from post-World War II England tO
Australia; a hilarious and ribald take-often :
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