Manny and the Baby by Varaidzo

Manny and the Baby by VaraidzoStylist Best New Fiction of 2024A Bookseller One to WatchManny and the Baby stood out for me from the first few lines. The beautifully balanced prose, the wonderful story, and sumptuous detail are constructed with poetic precision and held my attention right until the very end. Jacqueline Crooks, author of Fire RushAn incredibly special writer, thoughtful and energetic, occasionally savage, wise beyond her years, with an eye and an ear for syntax that

of traversing a floor in the night or climbing a wall

from a Pakistani currency trader to a Guardsman at Buckingham Palace - together

elegantly told

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you will struggle to put this book down or ever forget it'***** 'Addictive

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compassionate and nuanced

The Morrison siblings have been haunted by tragedy since the sudden death of their parents in an accident when they were young

The third zippy and zany tale by Pamela Butchart sees Izzy and her friends plunged into more primary-school craziness

visceral storyteller’ Daily Mail‘A searing

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