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Gripping'' Curtis Sittenfeld * ''Electrifying'' Taylor Jenkins Reid * ''Remarkable'' Kevin Kwan * ''Stunning'' Sunday Times * ''Brilliant'' Pandora Sykes br>br>In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor''s edge:br>br>Kyuri, a beautiful ''room salon'' girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours.br>Miho, an artist whose life becomes enmeshed with the offspring of the super-wealthy elite.br>Ara, a hairstylist whose obsession with a K-pop star leads her to violent extremes.br>Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she can''t afford.br>br>Set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of Seoul, If I Had Your Face is an electrifying debut novel about female strength, resilience and the solace that friendship can provide.br>br>''Cha''s writing always crackles . . . Touching, compelling and icily cool'' Observerbr>br>''Fascinating, eye-opening, compelling - like the film Parasite, If I Had Your Face is also an expose of the class system in South Korea'' Independentbr>br>''Absolutely stunning. . . Assured, bold, and electrifying'' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX and MALIBU RISINGbr>br>''One of the buzziest debuts of the year, If I Had Your Face transports readers to glittering, futuristic Seoul... Essential reading'' Voguebr>br>''Culturally fascinating, emotionally layered, gripping and smart'' Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE br>br>''Glittering, engrossing'' Helen Oyeyemi, author of GINGERBREAD br>br>''Remarkable, brilliantly crafted and devastatingly exquisite'' Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of CRAZY RICH ASIANSbr>br>LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2021>
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Absolutely stunning . . . Assured, bold, and electrifying, If I Had Your Face marks the entrance of a bright new voice in fiction Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX
