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Cleaner

A razor-sharp, honest and darkly comedic literary debut novel
By Jess Shannon
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Gem of a debut novel... funny, vibrant and utterly unpredictable. Service95 (Dua Lipa's cultural concierge), August's Best New Releases 'Mrs. Hinch meets Raven Leilani's Luster' Elle 'Gen Z's Lady Macbeth' Times Literary Supplement 'Sharp, funny and engaging' Daily Mail A LOVE READING DEBUT OF THE MONTH,... Read More
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For fans of Sally Rooney. A young woman’s return home spirals into an obsession with cleaning, leading her to a nude gallery and a meeting that will change her life. This bold debut explores loneliness, self-expression, and disillusionment with unflinching depth. Perfect for fans of smart literary fiction like Normal People and Exciting Times.

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Gem of a debut novel... funny, vibrant and utterly unpredictable. Service95 (Dua Lipa's cultural concierge), August's Best New Releases

'Mrs. Hinch meets Raven Leilani's Luster' Elle

'Gen Z's Lady Macbeth' Times Literary Supplement

'Sharp, funny and engaging' Daily Mail

A LOVE READING DEBUT OF THE MONTH, STAR BOOK AND BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK

A woman in her mid-twenties moves back home to live with her parents, where her listlessness fuels an obsession with cleaning, and sets in motion a series of events that lead to her posing as a model in a nude gallery where she encounters a woman whose life will intertwine with her own.

'An utterly unflinching debut novel about becoming adrift: a rare and profound book about loneliness, self-expression and disillusionment, featuring sex, love, drugs - and cleaning' Ian Sansom

'A tremendous display of talent' Gonzalo Ceron Garcia, author of We Are The End

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835012666

Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bedford Square Publishers

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 240

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Fiction General Fiction Jess Shannon LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction

About the Author

Jess Shannon was born and raised in Birmingham. She is a proud graduate of the University of Warwick Writing Programme, completing her degree in Literature and Writing in 2020 and her Masters in Writing in 2021. She lives and works in Solihull and hates cleaning.

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