Suckerfish

Name: Suckerfish
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SKU: 9780349703374
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By Ashani Lewis

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Kolia has sworn this is the last time she'll be lured home again by her mother, the most charming woman on earth... and probably the most chaotic. Her mother is a world-class human rights lawyer - and a law unto herself - whilst Kolia currently spends... Read More

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Suckerfish

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A novel centred on a complicated, thoughtfully observed mother-daughter relationship for fans of Burnt Sugar, Hot Milk and My Phantoms.

Description

But as Kolia tries to escape her mother's gravitational pull and find her own calling in a homeland she's never visited before adulthood, she begins to wonder if she's running away - or slowly turning into the woman she's trying to leave behind.

Praise for Winter Animals, winner of the 2025 Betty Trask Prize

'Lewis is definitely a new talent to watch' - MARIE CLAIRE

'Dreamlike, piercing' - Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls

'Lewis is superbly talented' - Katherine Rundell, author of Super-Infinite and The Golden Mole

'Atmospheric as hell, beautiful and delightfully intelligent' - Jenny Mustard, author of Okay Days

'Exhilarating and fabulous, I raced through it' - Priscilla Morris, author of Black Butterflies

'A debut full of ideas. I have the sense that this is the first of many new worlds' - TELEGRAPH

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349703374

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Dialogue Books

Contributors:

Translated by Priscilla Layne

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Ashani Lewis is a novelist and short story writer. She was a winner of the London Writers Awards 2021 in their literary fiction category. She was a recipient of the 2025 Somerset Maugham Award for her debut novel, Winter Animals, which was also the winner of the 2025 Betty Trask Prize. Her short story collection, Everest, was shortlisted for the 2025 Jhalak Prize. Both books were listed in Marie Claire's 'Best Books Of 2024'.

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