Royals
The Autumn Radio 2 Book Club Pick
Will be published approx. on 10. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-4088-9522-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Autumn Radio 2 Book Club Pick
A Grazia Book of the Year
'An Eighties Breakfast at Tiffany's' David Nicholls
'Elegant, sexy, tender wild' Emma Jane Unsworth
July, 1981. London.
Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen-years-old, he dreams of being a fashion designer. He's also gay, maybe. There's a lot Steven isn't sure about yet. Then a brutal attack lands him in hospital, and he meets Jasmine - intoxicating, anarchic, fabulous Jasmine. Over the course of one summer, their giddy, glorious, maddening friendship will turn Steven's life upside down - and rewrite his destiny forever.
'Dazzling' Marian Keyes
'The coolest book you'll read this year' Red
A Grazia Book of the Year
'An Eighties Breakfast at Tiffany's' David Nicholls
'Elegant, sexy, tender wild' Emma Jane Unsworth
July, 1981. London.
Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen-years-old, he dreams of being a fashion designer. He's also gay, maybe. There's a lot Steven isn't sure about yet. Then a brutal attack lands him in hospital, and he meets Jasmine - intoxicating, anarchic, fabulous Jasmine. Over the course of one summer, their giddy, glorious, maddening friendship will turn Steven's life upside down - and rewrite his destiny forever.
'Dazzling' Marian Keyes
'The coolest book you'll read this year' Red
Reviews / Votes
A grand romance ... Valuably disrupts conventional notions of love * Mail on Sunday * Honest, provocative and disarmingly funny * Guardian * Both a beautifully observed coming-of-age tale and a lovely examination of the addictive joy of friendship * i * This glamorous but wise coming-of-age story set in 1980s London is as cool as it is sincerely romantic about friendship * Grazia * Emma Forrest writes books that feel like beautiful bruises, the sort of wounds that you shouldn't press hard on but do anyway because the pain feels so horrible good. Royals is her best ... A clever, moving portrait of teenage friendship and so well handled that the novel's climax lands like a punch to the gut * i news * A joy to read. For me, the greatest love stories offer as many relatable moments as they do escapist fantasies. And in that respect, Royals is just right * Stylist * Charming, witty and touching, an Eighties Breakfast at Tiffany's -- DAVID NICHOLLS The coolest book you'll read this year * Red * Glamorous, moving, tragic, dazzling ... I'm incoherent with love for it ... Such a gifted writer, such an utter pleasure to read -- MARIAN KEYES Elegant, sexy, tender, wild ... A beautiful, beautiful book ...The deepest, saddest, funniest, most surprising friendship story I've read in a long time, unlike any I've ever read before ... It made me reel and rejoice. I loved them so much -- EMMA JANE UNSWORTH, author of ANIMALS Glitzy ... The jauntily comic tone here softens what ultimately proves to be a sad story of lost illusions -- Anthony Cummins * Daily Mail * A dizzying coming of age * Herald *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
238 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-9522-1 (9781408895221)
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Emma Forrest has published three novels, an essay collection and the memoir Your Voice In My Head. An Anglo-American currently based in London, she recently wrote and directed her feature debut, Untogether.
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