New York Times and no. 2 Sunday Times bestselling author R.F. Kuang ''A riot'' PANDORA SYKES ''Razor-sharp'' TIME ''A wild ride'' STYLIST ''Darkly comic'' GQ ''Satirical and humorous'' COSMOPOLITAN Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody. White lies When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song. Dark humour But as evidence threatens June''s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. Deadly consequences... What happens next is entirely everyone else''s fault.

Vorwort

The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller and Summer 2023's most anticipated new thriller from author R.F. Kuang

Autorentext

R.F Kuang is the author of The Poppy War Trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, and British Book Awards. She is pursuing a PhD in East Asian Language and Literature at Yale.

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The Number One Global SensationFoyle's Fiction Book of the YearAmazon Book of the YearShortlisted for Waterstones Book of the YearFiction Book of the Year 2024 - British Book Awards**'Addictive' Grazia**

'Hugely entertaining' Observer

'Provocative' Mail on Sunday

THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY.

IT'S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL.

When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity... and takes it.

So what if it means stealing Athena's final manuscript?

So what if it means 'borrowing' her identity?

And so what if the first lie is only the beginning...

Finally, June has the fame she always deserved. But someone is about to expose her...

What happens next is entirely everyone else's fault.

'The book that everyone is talking about' Glamour

'Ingenious, astute, hugely entertaining' David Nicholls

'Breathtakingly clever on jealousy, talent, success, and who gets to tell which story' Elizabeth Day

'Hard to put down. Harder to forget' Stephen King

R.F. Kuang's book Yellowfacewas a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23

R.F. Kuang's book Yellowfacewas a #5 New York Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23

Zusammenfassung

The No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling book from literary sensation R.F. Kuang

'A riot' PANDORA SYKES

'Propulsive' SUNDAY TIMES

'Razor-sharp' TIME

'A wild ride' STYLIST

'Darkly comic' GQ

'Hard to put down, harder to forget' STEPHEN KING

Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.

White lies
When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.

Dark humour
But as evidence threatens June's stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.

Deadly consequences
What happens next is entirely everyone else's fault.

R.F. Kuang's book 'Yellowface' was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23

R.F. Kuang's book 'Yellowface' was a #5 New York Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23