A propulsive, seductive new novel about friendship, exploitation and intimacy from the prize-winning author ofWhere Reasons End
Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, AgnĂšs, receives the news in America, far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised â the place that Fabienne helped AgnĂšs escape ten years ago. Now, AgnĂšs is free to tell her story.
As children in a backwater town, theyâd built a private world, invisible to everyone but themselves â until Fabienne hatched the plan that would change everything, launching AgnĂšs on an epic trajectory through fame, fortune, and terrible loss.
A dark, ravishing tale winding from the rural provinces to Paris, from an English boarding school, to the quiet Pennsylvania home where AgnĂšs can live without her past. is a story of intimacy and obsession, friendship and rivalry perfect for fans of Elena Ferrante, Ottessa Moshfegh and Kamila Shamsie.The Book of Goose
âBeguiling ⊠A shimmering, unsettling tale of exploitation and manipulationâDaily Mail
âBrilliant ⊠A novel of deceptions and crueltyâSpectator
âFor all its surface lushness, this is a novel of meticulous philosophical inquiryâŠresonant with echoes of⊠, as well Elizabeth Strout⊠electrifyingâMy Brilliant FriendObserver
'A dazzling, subtle, skilful knockout â I loved it' Charlotte Mendelson âOne of our finest living authors ⊠propulsively entertainingâNew York Times âWonderfully strange and aliveâ Jon McGregor