Thirst
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:16th Jul '15
£8.99
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An unconventional, will-they-won't-they love story, that takes us from London to Siberia, and from hope to heartbreak, and back again.
From the prize-winning author of Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma
Winner of the Prix Femina Etranger
London, in the frayed heat of summer.
From the prize-winning author of Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma
Winner of the Prix Femina Etranger
London, in the frayed heat of summer. Alena is shoplifting shoes when Dave catches her in the act and so begins an unlikely relationship between two people with little in common and everything to lose.
But the past is a dark place. And both of them have secrets they’ve no idea how to live with – or leave behind. Yet still they find themselves fighting with all they’ve got for a future together. But is love enough?
'Accomplished... Beautiful... Heart-wrenching' Independent on Sunday
Shortlisted for the Prix Femina Prize
Accomplished…Beautiful…Heart-wrenching * Independent on Sunday *
Accomplished…Beautiful…Heart-wrenching * Independent on Sunday *
A fizzing, breathless love story from a terrifically talented storyteller * The List *
A tender, off-kilter love story… the novel paints a vivid picture of two very different kinds of misfit, falling in love over one dusty, teeming London summer * Observer *
Hudson captures the bustle of life in Hackney and Russia with energy and a sharp eye for detail… [Her characters] have love, guts, humour and conscience. This is Love on the Dole21st-century style -- Louise Welsh * Guardian *
- Winner of Prix Femina 2015 (UK)
- Short-listed for European Strega Prize 2016 (UK)
ISBN: 9780099589891
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm
Weight: 234g
336 pages