The Female Persuasion

A Husband. A Wife. Their Secret Joe and Joan Castleman are en route to Helsinki. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly […]

Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences, plus six years, at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility. Outside is the world from which she has been permanently severed

Tommy Oranges vildsinta, vredgade och roliga debut liknar inget annat. Pow wow brottas med ett komplext och smärtsamt förflutet, ett arv som bär på lika delar skönhet och andlighet tillsammans med beroendets, våldets och självmordets ok

‘I think this is the best debut fiction I’ve ever read… If you like David Nicholls, Tessa Hadley, Elizabeth Day, Meg Wolitzer, Donna Tartt…it’s exceptional’ Pandora Sykes The High Low ‘Kate Quaile,’ he said. ‘I like your name.’ Kate frowned. ‘How do you know my name?’ Throughout their four years at university, Kate and Max […]