'Courage is being scared to death of doing something, but doing it anyway.'

Living in Black Swan Park, an ordinary town in England, 13-year-old 'pepeme' Jason Taylor doesn't expect much from the upcoming New Year, except his first experience with the strange species called 'girls'. But the unrest caused by the sudden outbreak of the Falklands War and his parents' deadlocked marriage push him into a world of his own. This world is full of rich dreams. However, it won't be long before Taylor realizes that life is too cruel to be dealt with in this way.

Black Swan Park is a coming-of-age story, an extraordinary novel that tells the horror and wonder of growing up through the eyes of its young protagonist.