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Paperback 336 Pages
Published: 07/07/2022

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Waterstones Says

A deliciously elegant and immersive tale of friendship, intimacy and inner contradiction, The Trio finds three young people from different walks of life magnetically drawn together in the warmth of a Stockholm summer.

Sophisticated, mature and richly atmospheric, a debut novel about three young people navigating the risks and possibilities of intimacy.

Thora, August and Hugo come from different worlds - one an art school dreamer, one a wealthy scion of the old elite, and one an ordinary boy from out of town. But over the course of two sky-blue summers in Stockholm, they are drawn together magnetically.

The novel opens years later, when Hugo, long estranged from Thora and August, is visited by their daughter - who has questions about her parents which she believes Hugo can answer - and the memories of those luminous days come flooding back.

Modern yet timeless, poignant and euphoric, The Trio is a novel about the path not taken, the people we might have become, and the relationships which shape and haunt us long after they come to a close.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241551660
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 333 g
Dimensions: 216 x 135 x 24 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

A smart, elegant and moving novel, all the more impressive for it being Johanna Hedman's debut... The stylish emotional distance of Normal People - The Times

Sharp, vividly imagined and affecting in a way that both intrigues and captivates - Irish Times

Fans of Sally Rooney will adore this excellent novel, which has garnered rave reviews - The Bookseller

Delicate and beguiling... The Trio spans from Berlin to London to Paris as the [characters] continually renegotiate who they each are to each other, questions of ownership and privilege floating in the background of summers which feel both fleeting and endless - Esquire

An international success before even being published, The Trio is a novel that stands well above the hype... Elegiac, bittersweet, [with] the golden shimmer of nostalgia, it is a story about big emotions - Gefle Dagblad

Mature and confident, delicate and eloquent, a study in intimacy . . . Timeless and universal - Kult Magasin

Full of verve, nostalgia, longing and the claustrophobic euphoria of being in the world with the people you love, this gorgeous novel whisks you along with it; you have no choice but to gratefully follow - Lara Williams, author of 'Supper Club'

Vigorous and vivid, wistful and engaging. Johanna Hedman should definitely expect to win prizes - Upsala Nya Tidning

An acute, eloquent and bittersweet debut... There may be an August Prize nomination! - Femina

The ending leaves a stinging sensation [asking] questions of what really becomes important in hindsight, what we remember and how we remember it, and, not least why we become who we are as a consequence of our choices - SR Kulturnytt

Stylishly and elegantly composed - Göteborgs-Posten

How on earth is it possible that Johanna Hedman is a debutant? It feels as if I've seen the future of Swedish writing - Alex Schulman, author of 'The Survivors'

An absolutely fantastic debut novel - Fredrik Backman, author of 'A Man Called Ove'

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“Bland writing”

I have no idea why this book gets 5 stars.

I'll quote a line from the book,

*I knocked on Hugo's door, and when he responded I pushed it open. "

The book is as banal as that.

Paperback edition
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“A modern Brideshead”

By starting the novel in present day with enough clues about the relationship between characters 'The Trio' is both a story about regret and living in the present. The three main characters are written with... More

Paperback edition
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“Highly recommended”

Travel with this book back to your younger self: how it felt, the awkwardness of groups, fitting in, and introspection. It captured the freedom of other places and speaking other languages. The sense of place was spot... More

Paperback edition
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