Fulfillment

''A stone cold fox of a second novel.'' PANDORA SYKES ''A hugely gifted writer.'' ANN PATCHETT You ever wake up and wonder how you got to a place? Emmett and Joel are half-brothers, but they couldn''t be more different: Emmett is single and working in a vast Cargo Distribution Centre in Kentucky, while Joel is a married academic and published writer. For the first time in years, the two of them are back together in the family home, just as Joel''s wife, Alice, starts to yearn for a different kind of lifestyle. Both wide-screen and intimate, Fulfillment is a beautifully written and absorbing portrayal of three people''s changing hopes and dreams, further marking Lee Cole out as one of today''s must-read, young authors. ''A great new talent.'' NICKOLAS BUTLER ''An exciting new voice.'' WASHINGTON POST

About the author

Lee Cole was born and grew up in rural Kentucky. A recent graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he now lives in New York.

Product details

• Authors: Lee Cole, Cole Lee
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 29.01.2026
• EAN: 9780571392179
• ISBN: 978-0-571-39217-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, Kentucky, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Narrative theme: love / relationships