The bestselling author of Babel harnesses her satirical powers in this tantalising and deliciously humorous literary thriller that investigates ambition, greed and white privilege with deadly precision.
Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year 2024
Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.
White lies...
When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.
Dark humour...
But as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
Deadly consequences…
What happens next is entirely everyone else’s fault.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008532772
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 540 g
Dimensions: 240 x 159 x 32 mm
‘Propulsive’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Razor-sharp’ TIME ‘Blistering’ SCOTSMAN ‘I guarantee it will stay with you’ AFUA HIRSCH ‘Strikingly topical’ GUARDIAN ‘Scathing, spiky, and full of laugh-out-loud moments’ GLAMOUR ‘A rollicking good read’ WOMAN’S WEEKLY ‘Sharp and funny’ PRIMA ‘Wickedly funny’ EVENING STANDARD ‘A firecracker of a book’ i PAPER ‘A riot’ PANDORA SYKES ‘Darkly hilarious’ MARIE CLAIRE ‘Uncomfortable and addictive… a must-read’ INDEPENDENT ‘Tackles cancel culture and cultural appropriation with razor-sharp wit’ LOUISE O’NEILL ‘A clever, pacy tale’ SARA PASCOE 'Tense, modern… a brilliant exploration of the literary world' AISLING BEA ‘Darkly comic’ GQ ‘A wild ride’ STYLIST ‘A wicked little satire of publishing, racial politics and icky internet culture’ THE TIMES, Best Summer Reads ‘Utterly diverting’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Unforgettable’ WOMAN & HOME 'Bright and witty and sly… fabulous' RUSSELL T DAVIES ‘A spiky, snarky, shady, smart, sinister take on white privilege’ NIKKI MAY ‘Incisive and compelling… sweeps the reader up on a thrilling ride, but leaves us thinking about the questions raised for days’ JENNIFER SAINT ‘This acute, fast-paced thriller will have literary insiders nodding in recognition and outsiders gasping in shock’ THE BOOKSELLER ‘Not since Martin Amis’s The Information has the venality, self-regard and absurdity of the writing life been so gloriously skewered’ THE CRITIC ‘Once you start, you won’t be able to put it down’ HEAT ‘Well-observed and alarmingly convincing’ DAILY MAIL 'Remarkable and incendiary' WIZ WHARTON 'A dark, engrossing page-turner’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
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