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Out on 20 August 2026

Last Night in Montreal

Paperback

Synopsis

Last Night in Montreal is literary crime fiction of the highest order’ - The Sunday Times

The stunning novel about life on the run, the debut novel of the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel.


Lilia has always been an enigma. When she disappears without trace, her lover Eli follows a mysterious trail of correspondence to Montreal, where he hopes to discover the truth. But this isn’t the first time Lilia has disappeared, or someone has tried to find her . . .

Last Night in Montreal is a breathtakingly plotted and intelligent game of cat-and-mouse; between lovers, between detectives and trails, and of lost people attempting to capture the elusive truth of their own lives.

Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

**Exit Party, the seventh novel from global bestselling author Emily St. John Mandel, is available to pre-order now**

Details

20 August 2026
240 pages
9781035097968
Imprint: Picador

Reviews

Mandel is an exuberant storytellerNew York Times, New York Times
Finely wrought . . . What we're made to ponder is the mystery of human connection: how it is born, how it fades and dies and revives, how love defines us or leaves us undoneGlobe and Mail, Globe and Mail
Taut, gripping . . . elegantly compellingBooklist, Booklist
Mandel has a beautiful writing styleIndependent on Sunday, Independent on Sunday