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'One of our finest living authors . propulsively entertaining' New York Times'Sly, profound . Electrifying' Observer'Wonderfully strange and alive' Jon McGregor A propulsive, seductive new novel about friendship, exploitation and intimacy from the prize-winning author of Where Reasons End Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnès, receives the news in America, far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised - the place that Fabienne helped Agnès escape ten years ago. Now, Agnès is free to tell her story. As children in a backwater town, they'd built a private world, invisible to everyone but themselves - until Fabienne hatched the plan that would change everything, launching Agnès on an epic trajectory through fame, fortune, and terrible loss. 'Beguiling . A shimmering, unsettling tale of exploitation and manipulation' Daily Mail 'Haunting and strange . Li has made her style her own' Tessa Hadley, Guardian 'A dazzling, subtle, skilful knockout' Charlotte Mendelson, author of The Exhibitionist

ISBN: 9780008531850