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Book SynopsisHelen Oyeyemi is the author of
The Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching, Mr Fox and the short story collection
What is Not Yours is Not Yours. Helen has been included in
Granta's Best Young British Novelists and is the winner of a Somerset Maugham Award.
Trade ReviewOyeyemi’s characters almost dance on their pages. This is her best, most beautiful novel yet. * Independent on Sunday *
Funny, deep, shocking, wry, heart-warming and spine-chilling. * Guardian *
Funny and fresh, piercingly astute. * Daily Telegraph *
Not just vibrantly imaginative but filled with wit and wisdom. Her best book so far. * Metro *
A love story like no other: ‘so vivid and inventive, its pages almost glow. -- Sarah Waters, author of
The Paying Guests
