
My Only Boy
The unforgettable love story and state-of-the-nation thriller from the author of Dreamland
Rosa Rankin-Gee(Author)
Scribner UK (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 21. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-3985-5925-7 (ISBN)
Description
The sensational new novel from the highly-acclaimed author of Dreamland
It is Elle's job to manage disasters.
But lately things have started to spin out of control.
At work, the latest catastrophe has been live-streamed to the nation. A shock election sees an extreme-right coalition storm to power. Then, on a night so hot it feels like London's pavements are melting, she meets Ed.
Elle and Ed are not meant to be drawn to each other. Elle has only ever been attracted to women, and Ed, billed as 'the great gay novelist of our times', is about to release his first book. But something inexplicable sparks between them.
Can the unexpected attraction they feel last when it presents such a profound challenge to their identity? And as the country fractures and the heat rises, how will they choose between the people they've known themselves to be - and the people they are willing to become.
Both an unforgettable love story and a state-of-the-nation thriller, My Only Boy asks universal questions about desire, complicity and what happens when your sense of self collapses along with the world around you.
It is Elle's job to manage disasters.
But lately things have started to spin out of control.
At work, the latest catastrophe has been live-streamed to the nation. A shock election sees an extreme-right coalition storm to power. Then, on a night so hot it feels like London's pavements are melting, she meets Ed.
Elle and Ed are not meant to be drawn to each other. Elle has only ever been attracted to women, and Ed, billed as 'the great gay novelist of our times', is about to release his first book. But something inexplicable sparks between them.
Can the unexpected attraction they feel last when it presents such a profound challenge to their identity? And as the country fractures and the heat rises, how will they choose between the people they've known themselves to be - and the people they are willing to become.
Both an unforgettable love story and a state-of-the-nation thriller, My Only Boy asks universal questions about desire, complicity and what happens when your sense of self collapses along with the world around you.
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Edition
ANZ Only
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-3985-5925-7 (9781398559257)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Rosa Rankin-Gee lives between Ramsgate and South London. Her first novel The Last Kings of Sark won Shakespeare & Company's Paris Literary Prize. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Vogue, the Paris Review, and Esquire, among others. Her second novel, Dreamland, will be a major BBC drama in 2026.