The Passenger Seat

The Passenger Seatby Vijay Khurana A mesmerising and unsettling novel from a powerful new voice Seeking release from their small town existence, two teenagers drive north on a vaguely plotted road trip. Adam and Teddy hope to leave boyhood behind. But they carry with them all the upsets and resentments they have accrued in their unhappy lives to date. As the pairs journey progresses, the mood fluctuates as each of them sets out to prove himself. Soon the dynamics of

Impassioned

with an attention to detail that makes these unsparing stories luminous and exquisite

’ – Katy Waldman

A young woman reorients her relationship to the world in the wake of sudden deafness in this mesmerizing debut novel for readers of Rachel Cusk

and a self

she fills notebooks with these woven stories and descriptions of obsolete sites

but is offered no explanation for its cause

and young men wearing various guises of masculinity

In the end

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The Good Story may be every story you write

Published 28 March 2025