Synopsis
As read on BBC Radio 4
A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025
An Observer Best Debut of 2025
'Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilment' - Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses
'A joy . . . vivid, loving and genuinely funny' The Sunday Times
'I didn't want it to ever end' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
In 1973 on the west coast...
Details
06 February 2025336 pages
9781035044535Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Compulsive reading . . . Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilmentLouise Kennedy, author of Trespasses
Warm, funny, full of lightly worn wisdom and wit. In short, it is a joy . . . the power of Carr’s novel lies in the contrast between its warm hilarity and the cold truths those jokes contain . . . vivid, loving and genuinely funnyThe Sunday Times
A beautifully written, tragi-comic triumphSunday Independent
A novel of heart-bumping power and sparkling vividness. This is a strange, beautiful, truly compelling triumph, a story about a very specific place that somehow comes to seem an everywhere and a people who feel familiar as faces in mirrors. A breathtaking achievementJoseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea and My Father's House
