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Sunstruck

Name: Sunstruck
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781804948330
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By William Rayfet Hunter

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AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2025 AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST 2025 'This summer's hottest read' SUNDAY TIMES 'You won't want to put it down' BRITISH VOGUE 'Sticky, twisting and dangerous' REBECCA K REILLY It's summer. An unnamed... Read More

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AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST 2025

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2025

AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST 2025

'This summer's hottest read'
SUNDAY TIMES

'You won't want to put it down'
BRITISH VOGUE

'Sticky, twisting and dangerous'
REBECCA K REILLY

It's summer. An unnamed young man walks through the gates of a luxurious mansion in the South of France, ready to join the Blake family on their annual holiday. Here, during dreamlike days lounging by the pool and nights blurring into opulent parties, he quickly falls for Felix, the Blake's eldest son. He is everything the man wants to be - handsome, charismatic, wealthy - and his desire is surprisingly reciprocated. Suddenly, a new world of money and power feels within reach.

But when summer ends and the two men return to London, the cracks in the Blakes' careful façade begin to show. With the two tormented by demons of their own, their bond risks being pulled apart at the seams. Their secrets and the choices they make will change not only their lives, but the future of those around them.

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ISBN: 9781804948330

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)

Audience: General / adult

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Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 316g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

William Rayfet Hunter is a British-Jamaican writer from the North West of England. They now live and work in East London. Their non-fiction writing has been published by VICE, Dazed, and the Evening Standard. Sunstruck, their debut novel, won the #Merky Books New Writers' Prize 2022.

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