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Everything Under
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
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Ideal for readers who appreciate atmospheric literary fiction with mythological undertones, gender exploration, and a dark, unsettling narrative. Suitable for fans of contemporary fiction seeking thought-provoking and emotionally intense novels.
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An electrifying debut novel from one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary fiction.
Weird and wild and wonderfully unsettling... Dive in for just a moment and you'll emerge gasping and haunted - Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere
It's been sixteen years since Gretel last saw her mother, half a lifetime to forget her childhood on the canals. But a phone call will soon reunite them, and bring those wild years flooding back - the secret language that Gretel and her mother invented; the strange boy, Marcus, living on the boat that final winter; the creature said to be underwater, swimming ever closer.
In the end, there will be nothing for Gretel to do but to wade deeper into their past, where family secrets and aged prophecies will all come tragically alive again.
As readable as it is dazzling, full of unsettling twists and dark revelations - Observer
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018
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The Times praises Johnson’s radical reworking of the Oedipus myth with gothic horror and themes of gender fluidity, highlighting the novel’s blend of ancient myth and modern storytelling. The Guardian Books Podcast shares an engrossing personal reaction, admitting they were late to work because they couldn't stop reading. Waterways World describes it as a thrillingly bewildering experience, noting its literary fiction at its most troubling and compelling.
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ISBN: 9781784702113
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 February 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 194g
Pages: 272
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About the Author
Daisy Johnson was born in 1990. Her debut short-story collection, Fen, was published in 2016. In 2018 she became the youngest author ever to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize with her debut novel, Everything Under. Her 2020 novel Sisters was adapted into the 2024 feature film September Says. She is the winner of the Harper's Bazaar Short Story Prize, A. M. Heath Prize and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Her debut play, Viola's Room, was produced in 2024 by the immersive theatre company Punchdrunk. She currently lives in Oxford by the river.
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