Hot Milk: Deborah Levy

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Published on 1 June 2017 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

You devour it in one sitting' Radio Times 'Unmissable' New Statesman . So mesmerising that reading it is to be under a spell' Independent on Sunday 'Hot Milk treads a sweaty, sun-drenched path into the history books. Her daughter Sofia has brought her here to find a cure with the infamous and controversial Dr Gomez - a man of questionable methods and motives. Our award-winning shop is full of gorgeous products displayed in an old Victorian Primary School building. My laptop has all my life in it and knows more about me than anyone else. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016. 'Perfectly crafted. Surrounded by the oppressive desert heat, searching for a cure to a defiant and quite possibly imagined disease, Sofia is forced to confront her difficult relationship with her mother. Dreamlike and utterly compulsive, Hot Milk is a delirious fairy tale of feminine potency, a story both modern and timeless. Intoxicated by thick heat and the seductive people who move through it, both women begin to see their lives clearly for the first time in years.

Paperback | 224 pages201 x 134 x 14 | 162g