Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang Hardcover Book

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The Number One Global Sensation*Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year**Amazon Book of the Year**Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year*

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The Number One Global Sensation*Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year**Amazon Book of the Year**Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year**Fiction Book of the Year 2024 – British Book Awards*'Addictive' Grazia'Hugely entertaining' Observer'Provocative' Mail on SundayTHIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY. IT'S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL.When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity… and takes it.So what if it means stealing Athena's final manuscript?So what if it means 'borrowing' her identity?And so what if the first lie is only the beginning…Finally, June has the fame she always deserved. But someone is about to expose her… What happens next is entirely everyone else's fault. 'The book that everyone is talking about' Glamour'Ingenious, astute, hugely entertaining' David Nicholls'Breathtakingly clever on jealousy, talent, success, and who gets to tell which story' Elizabeth Day'Hard to put down. Harder to forget' Stephen KingR.F. Kuang's book Yellowface was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23R.F. Kuang's book Yellowface was a #5 New York Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23

Author Biography

Rebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, Chinese-English translator, and the Astounding Award-winning and the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of the Poppy War trilogy and the forthcoming Babel. Her work has won the Crawford Award and the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.

Review

'Propulsive' SUNDAY TIMES'Razor-sharp' TIME'Blistering' SCOTSMAN'I guarantee it will stay with you' AFUA HIRSCH'Strikingly topical' GUARDIAN'Scathing, spiky, and full of laugh-out-loud moments' GLAMOUR'A rollicking good read' WOMAN'S WEEKLY'Sharp and funny' PRIMA'Wickedly funny' EVENING STANDARD'A firecracker of a book' i PAPER'A riot' PANDORA SYKES'Darkly hilarious' MARIE CLAIRE'Uncomfortable and addictive… a must-read' INDEPENDENT'Tackles cancel culture and cultural appropriation with razor-sharp wit' LOUISE O'NEILL'A clever, pacy tale' SARA PASCOE'Tense, modern… a brilliant exploration of the literary world' AISLING BEA'Darkly comic' GQ'A wild ride' STYLIST'A wicked little satire of publishing, racial politics and icky internet culture' THE TIMES, Best Summer Reads'Utterly diverting' FINANCIAL TIMES'Unforgettable' WOMAN & HOME'Bright and witty and sly… fabulous' RUSSELL T DAVIES'A spiky, snarky, shady, smart, sinister take on white privilege' NIKKI MAY'Incisive and compelling… sweeps the reader up on a thrilling ride, but leaves us thinking about the questions raised for days' JENNIFER SAINT'This acute, fast-paced thriller will have literary insiders nodding in recognition and outsiders gasping in shock' THE BOOKSELLER'Not since Martin Amis's The Information has the venality, self-regard and absurdity of the writing life been so gloriously skewered' THE CRITIC'Once you start, you won't be able to put it down' HEAT'Well-observed and alarmingly convincing' DAILY MAIL'Remarkable and incendiary' WIZ WHARTON'A dark, engrossing page-turner' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

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The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from author R.F. Kuang

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'A spiky, sarky, shady, smart, sinister take on white privilege' NIKKI MAY 'Incredibly, brilliantly entertaining... What a treat' CHARLOTTE PHILBY 'A funny, engrossing read about what people do when they reckon they can get away with it' ERIN KELLY 'A remarkable and incendiary novel' WIZ WHARTON 'A darkly satirical thriller about greed, truth, identity, and art' PENG SHEPHERD

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2023's most anticipated new crime thriller novel from the SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author R.F. Kuang

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2023's most anticipated new crime thriller novel from the SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author R.F. Kuang * YELLOWFACE marks Rebecca's first foray into thriller and general fiction. * Her most recent publication, BABEL, was a no. 2 SUNDAY TIMES and no. 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, a Waterstones Book of the Year finalist, and Blackwell's Book of the Year. * YELLOWFACE is an event publication for HarperFiction and will be accompanied by a huge campaign. * Author will be available for signings. * Author will be in UK for tour. * Selected as a FairyLoot and Illumicrate special edition, and will appear for sale on their respective websites. Competition: How to Kill Your Family;Lessons in Chemistry;Ink Black Heart;Babel;Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo;Verity;Satsuma Complex;Happy Place;Book Lovers;It Starts With Us. Bella Mackie;Bonnie Garmus;Robert Galbraith;Emily Henry;Bob Mortimer

Details ISBN000853277X Author Rebecca F. Kuang Year 2023 ISBN-10 000853277X ISBN-13 9780008532772 Format Hardcover Imprint The Borough Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2023-05-25 UK Release Date 2023-05-25 Pages 336 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780008532796 DEWEY 813.6 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-08-20 NZ Release Date 2023-08-20 We've got this

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