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Bonding

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I absolutely loved it. Anyone interested in the relationship between tech, our bodies, and our minds should bump it to the top of their queue immediately. - Zadie Smith, author of The Fraud This bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the... Read More
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Bonding

For readers of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Exciting Times, an addictive, dark and sexy debut novel about falling in love as society falls apart.

For readers of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Exciting Times, an addictive, dark and sexy debut novel about falling in love as society falls apart. Now in B format.

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I absolutely loved it. Anyone interested in the relationship between tech, our bodies, and our minds should bump it to the top of their queue immediately. - Zadie Smith, author of The Fraud

This bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life. - Guardian

Mary is single, jobless, and on her way to Ibiza.

There, at a party, she meets Tom, a brilliant chemist on the verge of launching a new drug that claims to cure the anxieties of modern life.

Back in London after a heady trip, Mary begins going out with Tom and working for her sort-of-ex Lara, who has created an innovative dating app designed to revolutionise the industry. As tech and pharma collide, she is forced to question what love and success mean in a world that is hurtling out of control.

Electrifying, urgent, and darkly funny, Mariel Franklin's debut Bonding is a uniquely modern story of sex, tech, and freedom in the messy tangle of our digital age.

Audacious, hot, deeply uncomfortable and genuinely thrilling. - Saba Sams, author of Send Nudes

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035016624

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 June 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Picador

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 242g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Mariel Franklin lives and works in London. She has a MA in English from Edinburgh University and later went on to study Fine Art at Goldsmiths. After graduating, she spent several years working in data administrating in the tech industry. Bonding is her first novel.

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