‘This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation’ Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
‘Witty, fresh and full of life’ Liv Little
‘I can’t recommend more highly… it’s one of those books that I just want to press in the hands of everybody’ Damian Barr, Literary Salon Podcast
‘Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold’ JOHN CLEESE
‘Viciously funny… an exhilarating satire’ THE TIMES
‘Merciless… a welcome distraction’ ECONOMIST, Best Books of 2024
‘Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold’ JOHN CLEESE
‘Viciously funny… an exhilarating satire’ THE TIMES
‘Merciless… a welcome distraction’ ECONOMIST, Best Books of 2024
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023
‘A hugely impressive debut’ SARAH WATERS
‘[A] haunting and moving story’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘A powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed’ NATHAN HARRIS
’A haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read’ RACHEL HENG
WINNER OF THE 2025 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
A TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH
A GUARDIAN SCI-FI BOOK OF THE MONTH
A JIMMY FALLON SPRING FAVOURITE
A HARPER’S BAZAAR ‘BEST BOOK OF 2024’
AUDIBLE BEST OF THE MONTH
AMAZON ‘BEST OF MARCH’ PICK
ESQUIRE’S ‘BEST BOOKS OF 2024 (SO FAR)’
A ‘MOST ANTICIPATED NOVEL’ FOR GOODREADS AND READER’S DIGEST
WINNER OF THE 2025 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
A TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH
A GUARDIAN SCI-FI BOOK OF THE MONTH
A JIMMY FALLON SPRING FAVOURITE
A HARPER’S BAZAAR ‘BEST BOOK OF 2024’
AUDIBLE BEST OF THE MONTH
AMAZON ‘BEST OF MARCH’ PICK
ESQUIRE’S ‘BEST BOOKS OF 2024 (SO FAR)’
A ‘MOST ANTICIPATED NOVEL’ FOR GOODREADS AND READER’S DIGEST
WINNER OF THE 2025 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
A TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH
A GUARDIAN SCI-FI BOOK OF THE MONTH
A JIMMY FALLON SPRING FAVOURITE
A HARPER’S BAZAAR ‘BEST BOOK OF 2024’
AUDIBLE BEST OF THE MONTH
AMAZON ‘BEST OF MARCH’ PICK
ESQUIRE’S ‘BEST BOOKS OF 2024 (SO FAR)’
A ‘MOST ANTICIPATED NOVEL’ FOR GOODREADS AND READER’S DIGEST
‘It broke my heart’ Louise O’Neill
‘Hard-hitting’ The Times
‘Powerful and bittersweet’ Daily Mail
‘Beat[s] Normal People at its own game’ Harper’s Bazaar
‘A riveting read’ Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Year
‘A smartly-paced thriller’ Evening Standard
‘Dramatic, unnerving… exceptional’ The Sun
‘Funny, poignant, smart and wonderfully, achingly real’ SARAH WATERS
‘Rambunctiously funny’ THE TIMES, Book of the Year
‘I can’t think of another author who can make me ricochet so quickly from painful empathy to helpless laughter’ ERIN KELLY
‘Funny, poignant, smart and wonderfully, achingly real’ SARAH WATERS
‘Rambunctiously funny’ THE TIMES, Book of the Year
‘I can’t think of another author who can make me ricochet so quickly from painful empathy to helpless laughter’ ERIN KELLY
A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING READER FAVOURITE
‘Funny, poignant, smart and wonderfully, achingly real’ SARAH WATERS
‘Rambunctiously funny’ THE TIMES, Book of the Year
‘I can’t think of another author who can make me ricochet so quickly from painful empathy to helpless laughter’ ERIN KELLY
‘Puts some of the balls back into serious English fiction’ GILES COREN, THE TIMES
‘Whisky-soaked, guttural, stinking and funny’ EVIE WYLD, OBSERVER
‘Thrilling, brutal, poetic, literary and irresistible, one of the 21st century’s first great 20th-century American novels’ LOUISA YOUNG
‘Puts some of the balls back into serious English fiction’ GILES COREN, THE TIMES
‘Whisky-soaked, guttural, stinking and funny’ EVIE WYLD, OBSERVER
‘Thrilling, brutal, poetic, literary and irresistible, one of the 21st century’s first great 20th-century American novels’ LOUISA YOUNG
‘Puts some of the balls back into serious English fiction’ GILES COREN, THE TIMES
‘Whisky-soaked, guttural, stinking and funny’ EVIE WYLD, OBSERVER
‘Thrilling, brutal, poetic, literary and irresistible, one of the 21st century’s first great 20th-century American novels’ LOUISA YOUNG
