WINNER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER’S LITERARY PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE WALKLEY BOOK AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
‘Powerful, vivid and affecting’ DAVID NICHOLLS
‘Urgent, necessary and courageous’ ELIZABETH DAY
‘Brilliantly unsettling’ GUARDIAN
‘Will make you think about trauma in a new light’ EVENING STANDARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
‘Powerful, vivid and affecting’ DAVID NICHOLLS
‘Urgent, necessary and courageous’ ELIZABETH DAY
‘Brilliantly unsettling’ GUARDIAN
‘Will make you think about trauma in a new light’ EVENING STANDARD
‘Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted’Sunday Times Style
‘Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive’ Daisy Buchanan
‘Mad Men meets White Lotus’Red
‘Stylish and twisting’ The Times
‘A wild ride and a heck of a lot of fun’ iNews
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARD 2025
‘Compelling and fine and rich, I devoured it’ TESSA HADLEY
‘Powerfully compelling’ GUARDIAN
‘Unbelievably good’ ELIZABETH DAY
‘Complex and nuanced… the perfect definition of summer reading’ LUCY CALDWELL
‘Subtle, complex, ambitious’THE TIMES
A Guardian Book of the Year 2024
‘Compelling and fine and rich, I devoured it’ TESSA HADLEY
‘Powerfully compelling’ GUARDIAN
‘Unbelievably good’ ELIZABETH DAY
‘Complex and nuanced… the perfect definition of summer reading’ LUCY CALDWELL
‘Subtle, complex, ambitious’THE TIMES
A Guardian Book of the Year
‘A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted’ MARCUS DU SAUTOY
‘Enthralling … not to be missed’GUARDIAN
‘A meticulously constructed marvel’ WASHINGTON POST
‘I wish there were more books like this’ ELIF BATUMAN
‘A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted’ MARCUS DU SAUTOY
‘Enthralling … not to be missed’GUARDIAN
‘A meticulously constructed marvel’ WASHINGTON POST
‘I wish there were more books like this’ ELIF BATUMAN
‘A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted’ MARCUS DU SAUTOY
‘Enthralling … not to be missed’GUARDIAN
‘A meticulously constructed marvel’ WASHINGTON POST
‘I wish there were more books like this’ ELIF BATUMAN
‘I urge you to read Bad Habit’ PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
‘Had me hooked from the first page … Savour every word’ DUA LIPA
‘The book that everyone is reading’NEW YORK TIMES
‘Sublime’ ÉDOUARD LOUIS
A SERVICE95 BOOK CLUB PICK
‘Brilliantly audacious’ GUARDIAN
‘Stunning’DAZED
‘Her prose sparkles’ ELIZA CLARK
‘Hauntingly good’ iNEWS
’A must read’ GLAMOUR
‘One of my favourite novels’ JEFF VANDERMEER
‘Mind blowingly brilliant’ PHILIPPA PERRY
‘Few other writers have such passion for granular detail, intellectual heft and boundless curiosity’ THE TIMES
‘As suspenseful and pacy as an episode of peak-era ER’ GUARDIAN
‘One of the funniest books I have ever read’ HADLEY FREEMAN
‘A masterpiece’ SATHNAM SANGHERA
‘The read of the summer’ THE SUNDAY TIMES
‘Brilliant … funny and moving’ ADAM KAY
‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Gripping … Bravura storytelling’ VOGUE
‘A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Gripping … Bravura storytelling’ VOGUE
‘A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Gripping … Bravura storytelling’ VOGUE
‘A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare’ FINANCIAL TIMES
