Creation Lake
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:3rd Jul '25
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Meet Sadie Smith: seductive, cunning and going undercover – the Booker-shortlisted, wickedly entertaining New York Times bestseller
‘Hugely enjoyable’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Wonderfully seductive’ ALAN HOLLINGHURST
‘Really fantastic – get it!’ SARAH JESSICA PARKER
‘Entrancing’ MICK HERRON
Sadie Smith – a 34-year-old American undercover agent of ruthless tactics and bold opinions – is sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France.
Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical activists influenced by the beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe. But just as she is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Sadie becomes caught in the crossfire between the past and the future…
‘Kill Bill written by John le Carré’ OBSERVER
‘Smart, sinuous…brimming with heat’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘Reinvents the spy novel in one cool, erudite gesture’ HERNAN DIAZ
‘Laced with a killer dose of deadpan wit’ WASHINGTON POST
* A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW YORK TIMES, VOGUE, INDEPENDENT, HARPER’S BAZAAR AND MORE *
One of the best books of the year... ambitious, intelligent and gripping... an expertly slick thriller... Kushner pulls off a remarkable feat -- Philip Womack * Spectator *
Rachel Kushner may have written the novel of the year... A remarkably original book -- Rachel Connolly * The Telegraph *
Kushner is one of America's greatest living authors * Daily Telegraph *
A novel of ideas about nothing less than civilisation itself, delivered in the guise of a thriller – the result is profound and wickedly entertaining * Guardian *
At last I get to say how deeply, madly, irrecoverably I loved Creation Lake...it was all stylish and cool, and then somehow the book struck a blow to my heart, which surprised me a lot, because I did not suspect what Rachel Kushner was really up to all along. -- Louise Erdrich * Kirkus *
Hugely enjoyable…Creation Lake is a smart, funny novel that dares to contemplate the void of uncertainty where we all stand * Sunday Times, *Book of the Week* *
A philosophical novel of ideas wrapped up in a spy caper… Irresistible * Guardian *
A dazzling, genre-defying novel, satirical yet profound * Spectator *
ISBN: 9781529933383
Dimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 25mm
Weight: 291g
416 pages