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Published: 29th August 2023
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty: A SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER
By (Author) Akwaeke Emezi
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
29th August 2023
8th June 2023
Main
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823.92
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
266g
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF THE EVENING STANDARD'S BLOCKBUSTER BOOK TRENDS OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR FOYLES FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
NOMINATED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FOR ROMANCE
A ZOELLA BOOK CLUB PICK
'This book filled me with excitement and possibilities.' - Jenny Colgan
'Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous.' - @savidgereads
'Say hello to the book of the summer' - @bettysbooksuk
'Fantastic . . . I cannot put it down.' - @thebibliotucker
Have you fallen for this INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING novelist's sizzling hot entrance into the world of romance It's the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the City's blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new.
The only problem is, she's falling for the one man she absolutely can't have.
'A must read for all romance lovers' - @between2books_
'Emezi is a dream of a writer. My heart soared and shook and panted.' - BOLU BABALOLA
'A scorching tale of love after loss.' - Kirkus Reviews
Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Vivek Oji, which was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Orwell Prize and is shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award; Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature; Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book, longlisted for both the Wellcome Book Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize; and most recently, their second young adult novel, Bitter. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation and featured on the cover of Time as a Next Generation Leader, they are based in liminal spaces.