Early Praise for Susie Boyt’s The Small Hours

Early Praise for Susie Boyt’s The Small Hours

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This November we publish The Small Hours, the new novel from critically acclaimed author, Susie Boyt.

The author of four previous novels and the hugely popular memoir My Judy Garland Life (Virago, 2009), Boyt’s first novel for Virago is a wonderful, humorous and truly original tale of family and secrets, love and lies and one woman’s quest to spill some retrospective kindness onto her own harsh beginnings by giving a school full of precocious little girls, rich in everything but care, the happy childhood she herself dreamt of.

Praise is already coming in for The Small Hours with everyone from authors Alain de Botton & Libby Purves, to Waterstone’s staff and our own international sales reps all writing in to say how much they are loving it:

`You have to read The Small Hours by Susie Boyt- amazing'
Emma Herdman, Waterstone's

`Like the writing of Siri Hustvedt the intense story telling is moving, pure and perfect… a clever mix of despair, humour and menace. What a privilege it is to read this book’
Sales Rep, Australia

`Don’t be misled by this book's slight bulk. It packs a mighty wallop'
Sales Rep, Australia

With echoes of A.L. Kennedy, Ali Smith and Colm Tóibín it promises to be a real treat for existing fans of Boyt’s fiction and newcomers alike.

Stay tuned for more on The Small Hours as we approach publication. The Small Hours is published as a beautiful hardback on November 1 2012. The hardback and eBook are available for pre-order now.


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