Hot Milk - Deborah Levy

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 n SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 n n Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power - from the Man Booker shortlisted author of Swimming Home n n 'Propulsive, uncanny, dreamlike. A feverish coming-of-age novel' Daily Telegraph n n 'A triumph of storytelling' Literary Review n n 'Today I dropped my laptop on the concrete floor of a bar built on the beach. My laptop has all my life in it and knows more about me than anyone else. So what I am saying is that if it is broken, so am I . . .' n n 'Perfectly crafted. So mesmerising that reading it is to be under a spell' Independent on Sunday n n 'Hot Milk treads a sweaty, sun-drenched path into the history books. A properly great novel' Romola Garai n n 'Hot Milk is an extraordinary novel, beautifully rich, vividly atmospheric and psychologically complex... Every man and woman should read it' Bernardine Evaristo n n 'The contemporary writer I admire most' Linda Grant n n 'Hypnotic... This novel has a transfixing gaze and a terrible sting that burns long after the final page is turned' Observer n n 'Gorgeous. What makes the book so good is Levy's great imagination, the poetry of her language, her way of finding the wonder in the everyday. It's a pleasure' New York Times n n 'Terrific, sizzling with heat and sexuality . . . You devour it in one sitting' Radio Times n n 'Unmissable' New Statesman n