Yellowface

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The Number One Global Sensation

*Foyles 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 Sunday

THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY.

ITS 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 Athenas 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 King

R.F. Kuangs book Yellowface was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23

R.F. Kuangs book Yellowface was a #5 New York Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23

Reviews

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 WOMANS 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 ONEILL

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

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 Amiss The Information has the venality, self-regard and absurdity of the writing life been so gloriously skewered THE CRITIC

Once you start, you wont 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

Author Bio

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.