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How many versions of the truth can there be?
In June 2014, Julia White - a beautiful and intelligent young woman - blows up a coffee shop in central London, killing twenty-four people before turning herself in to the police. Apart from publishing a potentially ironic manifesto, she refuses to explain the reasons for her actions.
Clare Hardenberg, an investigative journalist, has been commissioned to write a biography of Julia but at the start of the novel she is on her way to prison herself. What has brought her to this point?
About the author
Anna Schaffner is a Reader in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent. She has recently completed a Faber Academy writing course and The Truth About Julia is her first novel.
Summary
A taut debut psychological novel exploring what happens when words lose their power and actions are all that remain
Foreword
A taut debut psychological novel exploring what happens when words lose their power and actions are all that remain
Report
This is one of the best thrillers I've read in ages. Smart and tricksy. Nicci Cloke, author of FOLLOW ME BACK and LAY ME DOWN
