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Francesca Segal was born in London in 1980. Brought up in the UK and America, she studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, before becoming a journalist and critic. Her work has appeared in Granta, the Guardian, the Financial Times and both American and British Vogue, amongst others. For three years she wrote the Debut Fiction Column in the Observer and she has been a Features Writer at Tatler. The Innocents is her first novel.

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Delightful… Segal’s writing is wise, witty and observant. -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
Wonderful...witty…an astonishingly accomplished debut which will draw comparisons between Segal and Zadie Smith and Monica Ali. * Stylist *
An impressive debut...the struggle to achieve true adulthood, the loss of innocence and the consequences of adapting to a culture that levies certain expectations on its members, are all cleverly worked into a poised text -- Elizabeth Buchan * Sunday Times *
A subtle, witty and acutely observed study of a narrow but very recognisable world. * The Observer *
Witty and touching... An assured and audacious debut -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *

The Innocents

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 10 January 2013
      ISBN-13 9780099569527
      978-0099569527
      ISBN-10 0099569523

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Francesca Segal was born in London in 1980. Brought up in the UK and America, she studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, before becoming a journalist and critic. Her work has appeared in Granta, the Guardian, the Financial Times and both American and British Vogue, amongst others. For three years she wrote the Debut Fiction Column in the Observer and she has been a Features Writer at Tatler. The Innocents is her first novel.

      Trade Review
      Delightful… Segal’s writing is wise, witty and observant. -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
      Wonderful...witty…an astonishingly accomplished debut which will draw comparisons between Segal and Zadie Smith and Monica Ali. * Stylist *
      An impressive debut...the struggle to achieve true adulthood, the loss of innocence and the consequences of adapting to a culture that levies certain expectations on its members, are all cleverly worked into a poised text -- Elizabeth Buchan * Sunday Times *
      A subtle, witty and acutely observed study of a narrow but very recognisable world. * The Observer *
      Witty and touching... An assured and audacious debut -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *

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