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“A firecracker of a book – toxic, sexy, pacy and packed with humour. It's a long time since I read something so gloriously nihilistic, and I won't be forgetting it anytime soon.”
— Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory
“A brilliantly compulsive, unnerving read. A meditation on obsessive female friendship that sinks into the bone.”
— Irenosen Okojie, author of Butterfly Fish
“Ladner sustains a deliriously lurid rabbit hole for Meggie to go down as she fixates on her unreliable ‘fairy tale friend’ who she longs not only to know but also to be. The result is a tense and affecting tale of awakening.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Ladner’s gritty debut looks at the fringes of human functionality and underworld London, ultimately asking if we can escape ourselves by becoming someone else.”
— Listed by The Face, ‘The Best New Novelists to Keep on Your Radar’
UK Foyles, Hive, Waterstones, Bookshop.org, Amazon UK
US HarperCollins, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Bookshop.org, Indiebound, Amazon US