In store now! Burntcoat by Sarah Hall

Finally available in paperback, Sarah Hall’s hypnotic Burntcoat straddles the line between Clarice Lispector and Sally Rooney. Set during the first lockdown, Burntcoat investigates the binaries between high and low art, memory and fiction, and the portals of discovery that exposure to other cultures open for us. A compelling, unusual, and completely riveting novel which deserves to be read as widely as possible! 

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Burntcoar by Sarah Hall

Paperback £8.99

In the bedroom above her immense studio, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness is making her final preparations. Her life will draw to an end in the coming days. 

Downstairs, the studio is a crucible glowing with memories and desire. It was here, when the first lockdown came, that she brought Halit. The lover she barely knew. A presence from another culture. A doorway into a new and feverish world.

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