�?~One of our finest living authors �?� propulsively entertaining�?T New York Times 'Sly, profound �?� Electrifying' Observer �?~Wonderfully strange and alive�?T 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, AgnA"s, receives the news in America, far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised �?" the place that Fabienne helped AgnA"s escape ten years ago. Now, AgnA"s is free to tell her story. As children in a backwater town, they�?Td built a private world, invisible to everyone but themselves �?" until Fabienne hatched the plan that would change everything, launching AgnA"s on an epic trajectory through fame, fortune, and terrible loss. �?~Beguiling �?� A shimmering, unsettling tale of exploitation and manipulation�?T Daily Mail �?~Haunting and strange �?� Li has made her style her own�?T Tessa Hadley, Guardian �?~A dazzling, subtle, skilful knockout�?T Charlotte Mendelson, author of The Exhibitionist; 368 pages; 08/06/2023