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Helen of Nowhere
Philosophically and formally adventurous, at once intimate and cosmic in scope, Helen of Nowhere asks: what must we give up in exchange for true happiness?
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Switzy
A mesmerising portrait of an ageing man’s last pilgrimage, from the New York Times bestselling author
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The Shadow of the Object
A magnificent work of shadow-play and a meditation on desire, metamorphosis and mortality
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Djamel White
Djamel White is an Irish writer based in Dublin
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An extract from May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
Laced with desire and longing, May We Feed the King is a playful, stirring meditation on history and storytelling: on what makes a King ‘Great’, and a life meaningful
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An extract from The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
The Renovation is a heartbreaking portrait of one family caught in the tides of history, grappling with grief, exile, politics and the painful absurdity of love
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An extract from Black Bag by Luke Kennard
A warped campus novel, an investigation into the crisis of masculinity and an off-kilter love story, Black Bag is a firework of a novel: blazingly funny and profoundly humane
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An extract from The Disappearers by Marlon James
The Disappearers is both a dramatic page-turner and an unflinching exploration of queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and 1990s
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An extract from The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
A slyly satirical and unsettling post-apocalyptic adventure into the limits of human understanding from the acknowledged master of science fiction
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An extract from Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
Philosophically and formally adventurous, at once intimate and cosmic in scope, Helen of Nowhere asks: what must we give up in exchange for true happiness?