The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide in this page-turning #1 New York Times bestseller, book club favorite, and "affecting story of human triumph" (The New York Times Book Review) from Chris Cleave, author of Gold and Everyone Brave Is Forgiven.

We don't want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there,...

Heartwrenching and timely, GOLD is a novel about love, family frailty and strength.

Part thriller, part satire, part memorial to a dead child, this novel shows an East-End woman trying every way she can to climb out of despair, and a society in the grip of fear and self-interest.

The finest, most powerful novel yet from a modern master of storytelling and author of the 500k-copy selling The Other Hand.