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''Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People '' MEG MASON, author of SORROW AND BLISS CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY VOGUE AND ESQUIRE _____________________________________________________________________________ A bitingly hone st, darkly funny debut about love, sex, power and desire, by a major new British talent Anna is struggling to afford life in London as she trains to be a singer. During the day, she vies to succeed against her course mates with their discreet but inexhaustible streams of cultural capital and money, and in the evening she sings jazz at a bar in the City to make ends meet. It''s there that she meets Max, a financier fourteen years older than her. Over the course of one winter, Anna''s intoxication oscillates between her hard-won moments on stage, where she can zip herself into the skin of her characters, and nights spent with Max in his glass-walled flat overlooking the city. But Anna''s fledgling career demands her undivided attention, and increasingly - whether he necessarily wills it or not - so does Max._____________________________________________________________________________ ''Touching on feminism, power, finances and the pleasures and dangers of a new relationship, this book is an assured debut'' CLAIRE FULLER, author of the Women''s Prize-shortlisted UNSETTLED GROUND ''Imogen Crimp captures the glittering thrill of being young and choosing your own life with a dark, unflinching undercurrent of desire, power and control'' JESSICA ANDREWS, author of SALTWATER ''A blazing, darkly funny debut that captures a young woman''s search to find herself ... It has an honesty and tenderness that will stay with me for a long time'' RACHEL JOYCE
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Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People MEG MASON
