If I Survive You

‘Regularly stopped me in my tracks … an astonishing, compassionate entrance to the literary scene' i Newspaper

‘A commanding debut from a talent to watch’ Observer

‘Brilliantly energetic … his talent feels fully formed and raring to go; highly recommended’ Financial Times

‘Unmissable … rare in that it has the heft and heart of a novel, with the refined finesse of the short story … The only thing to do is eagerly press it into the hands of others’ Irish Times

‘Jaunty, irrepressible and full of energy … A fine achievement’ Suzy Feay, Financial Times Weekend

‘Sings with authenticity and heart’ AnOther

‘Arresting, intimate, adventurous … Surges with the symphonic, imaginative, propulsive energy of Gabriel García Márquez’ Guardian

‘Ravishing … thrillingly free' New Yorker

‘Fiction written at the highest level … There are no limits to where he will go’ Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House

‘Superb … a beautiful economy in the telling that never sacrifices the depth, complexity and richness of the worlds these characters inhabit’ Percival Everett, author of Erasure

'This I adore … Sumptuous and astute, excellent on the humiliations of familial and societal experience' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People

‘Tender; vicious; very funny. An impassioned, singular book’ Ross Raisin, author of A Natural

‘An elegant meditation on belonging from a powerful new writer’ Nikesh Shukla, author of Brown Baby

‘I highly recommend this debut … a dazzling mirror held up to our identity-obsessed time’ Joyce Carol Oates, author of Blonde

‘A gifted, sure-footed storyteller’ New York Times

‘Like nothing you've read before’ Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings

‘A welcome reminder of what fiction can do’ Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind