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2025 debut novels
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Acts of Desperation
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Boy Parts
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Death of a Bookseller
Eleanor Oliphant
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781472159106
  • Weight: 520g
  • Dimensions: 164 x 236mm
  • Publication Date: 01 May 2025
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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'I completely pigged out on Matilde Pratesi's compelling debut... utterly addictive' Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

'Aksai Black Pied, American Yorkshire, Angeln Saddleback...'

Pigs are Valentina's safe place. When she's feeling overwhelmed, she lists the breeds until her mind becomes quiet again.

Vale struggles to live life without order. Every morning, she reads the note that her flatmate Clara has pinned on the fridge telling her what to wear and what to eat, before leaving for her job at a bookshop.

Sometimes Vale's colleagues invite her to drinks, but she never goes. She knows that Clara wouldn't be happy if Vale socialised with others. As Clara's told her plenty of times - who else would put up with her weird pig facts?

But a chance encounter at the bookshop leads to an exciting opportunity. As Vale steps into the world of other people, Clara tightens her grip: she isn't yet ready to let go of her favourite prey.

Shortlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award, Pig is a razor-sharp, disturbing novel about toxic female friendship.

MATILDE PRATESI grew up in Italy and moved to London in her early twenties. Since then, she has immersed herself in the city's literary scene, finding her writing community around pub tables, working men's colleges, online courses and the Creative Writing MA at Birkbeck University of London. Pig is her debut novel.

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