into the wreck
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:9th Apr '26
£13.99
This title is due to be published on 9th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
From a rising literary star and multi-award-winning poet, comes a hilarious and sharp novel exploring the knotty complexities of one family's relationships
'A rare talent, and certainly one to watch' SUNDAY TIMES
'One of literature's major new talents' OBSERVER
How do you mourn someone you never really knew?
Three siblings – Anna, Gemma and Matthew – will have to work that out quickly. Monday is the day of their gentle, but distant, father’s funeral, and for the first time in a long while they are under one roof with their mother, imperious Yvonne, awaiting the arrival of their aunt Amy, an award-winning poet.
Yet, as the funeral looms, their everyday concerns refuse to diminish: will newly sex-obsessed Gemma work out what she wants from life, beyond her mother’s expectations? Can Anna maintain the fine balance between desire and nonchalance with the sort-of, not-quite-exclusive boyfriend, back in London? Will Amy’s past explode the relationships of the present? And, crucially, will Yvonne pull off her grand, post-funeral family dinner, the solution to what she fears may be an unsolvable problem?
Told from five different perspectives, into the wreck worries at the knotty complexities of one family’s bonds, written with Susannah Dickey’s trademark empathy and wit.
Praise for Tennis Lessons
'I loved Tennis Lessons so much. Susannah is a phenomenally talented writer' ELIZABETH DAY
'A raw, fierce, shockingly honest coming-of-age story' LOUISE O'NEILL
'Incredibly funny . . . by turns charming and disgusting and I loved it'NELL FRIZZELL
I absolutely gulped down into the wreck.Dickey’s prose, as ever, is perfectly calibrated. I can’t think of a contemporary writer who tackles modern relationships with fiercer wit and greater wisdom – these characters spike off the page -- A. K. BLAKEMORE, Desmond Elliot Prize-winning author of The Glutton
In this wonderful novel, the narrators complicate one another as they share their interiority and personal struggles to know the people they love . . . Susannah Dickey creates a rich, sensitive and vivid portrait of a family keening to understand each other and themselves -- AMY KEY, author of Arrangements in Blue
into the wreck is a haunting masterpiece that captures the quiet and deadly drama of everyday family life. Set against the shadows of the North, we are immersed into what forms a family, what holds it together and how the ordinary becomes epic. into the wreck is a meditation on intimacy and endurance. Dickey’s storytelling is both forensic and tender — and she has a rare gift for illuminating the beauty in the banal. The novel feels simultaneously grounded in the present and touched by something otherworldly. Utterly original, compelling, sardonic, brutal, visceral and emotionally devastating, this is easily one of the best books I’ve read this year -- ELAINE FEENEY, Booker Prize-longlisted author of How to Build a Boat
Perfectly judged . . . A surprising, clever, sad and strange book which I am still thinking about long after finishing - and yet such a propulsive joy to read too -- MEGAN NOLAN, on Common Decency
Her turn of phrase, ear for dialogue, wry humour and power of observation are masterful -- NELL FRIZZELL, on Common Decency
ISBN: 9781526692054
Dimensions: unknown
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320 pages