WORST. IDEA. EVER
by Jane Fallon (Michael Joseph £12.99, 400 pp)
I’ve been a huge fan of Fallon’s beautifully written novels since her fierce and fresh 2006 debut, Getting Rid Of Matthew.
Here she takes us on a deep dive into the emotionally murky waters which exist between protagonists Lydia and Georgia.
They are best friends for ever and, on the surface anyway, still as close despite their lives taking different directions.
Georgia is a successful illustrator of children’s books with bestsellers on the shelves, international publishing deals and award nominations. Lydia also illustrates but alongside a job she dislikes.
Everyone’s Talking About.
No One Is Talking About This (Bloomsbury, February) by Patricia Lockwood, the ‘Poet Laureate of Twitter’, is set to be one of 2021’s buzziest books: a riveting novel about the collision between real and online life.
Meanwhile, the sexy and absurdly readable Luster by Raven Leilani (Picador, January) is an unflinching interrogation of racial and sexual politics that carries ringing endorsements from Zadie Smith and Candice Carty-Williams.
Rahul Raina’s How To Kidnap The Rich (Little Brown, May) has already been optioned by HBO: a Delhi-set, reality TV-based literary crime crossover, it will appeal to fans of Parasite and Crazy Rich Asians.