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Riotously original ... A triumph' NEW YORK TIMES

A journey unlike any you''ve read before' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH

Her most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every sense' GLAMOUR

The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.

A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike.

Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash th

Death Valley

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 8 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781526665225
      978-1526665225
      ISBN-10 1526665220
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Riotously original ... A triumph' NEW YORK TIMES

      A journey unlike any you''ve read before' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH

      Her most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every sense' GLAMOUR

      The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.

      A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike.

      Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash th

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