LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 'Zings and smarts in all the right places . . .

breathtakingly original, profound but with a delicious dose of irreverence' INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 JUDGES'Brilliantly funny, poignant and timeless . . .

This newly Booker Prize-longlisted novel is ripe for book club discussions and is not recommended for public transport reading in case you, like this reviewer, miss your stop'READINGS BOOKS, Melbourne'An entertaining, thought-provoking piece of fiction' A Life In Books'Simple, delicate, delicious prose that delivers from the very first story'