Description:
A New York Times Notable Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Washington Post, NPR, Guardian, Esquire, and Bustle
"Love may not be original, but this funny, fervent novel is." --The New Yorker
Brief description: Olivia Laing is an internationally acclaimed writer and critic. She is the author of seven books, including The Lonely City, Funny Weather, and Everybody. Her first novel, Crudo, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and won the 2019 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Her work has been translated into twenty-one languages and in 2018 she was awarded a Windham-Campbell Prize for nonfiction. She lives in Suffolk, England.
Review Quotes: A single moment in modernity, deconstructed by the savagely entertaining, Acker-inspired voice of Laing.-- "Paris Review Daily"