Masterful new fiction from twice Booker-shortlisted author Damon Galgut
DAMON GALGUT is the author of nine novels. He won the Booker Prize 2021 for The Promise, having been shortlisted for the prize twice before (The Good Doctor and In A Strange Room). He lives and works in Cape Town.
A superb novel; a nuanced, sad, hilarious portrait of a
family and a country -- PAULA HAWKINS
This story was so powerful, the writing so strong and
supple... What an achievement -- CLARE CHAMBERS
A moving, brilliantly told family epic . . . darkly comic
. . . phenomenally good -- ELIZABETH DAY
Layered, clever...with a gripping story -- CLAIRE FULLER *
Daily Mail, Books of the Year *
A brilliant book told over four decades and four funerals .
. . These are characters dancing on the edge of ruin . . .
Intoxicating -- ANNA HOPE
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