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Daphne

Will Boast

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In mesmerizing prose, best-selling and Rome Prize-winning author Will Boast reimagines the myth of Daphne and Apollo in this much-anticipated debut novel.

Elegantly written and profoundly moving, this spellbinding debut affirms Boast's reputation as a "new young American voice for the ages" (Tom Franklin). Born with a rare (and real) condition in which she suffers degrees of paralysis when faced with intense emotion, Daphne has few close friends and even fewer lovers. Like her mythic namesake, even one touch can freeze her. But when Daphne meets shy, charming Ollie, her well-honed defenses falter, and she's faced with an impossible choice: cling to her pristine, manicured isolation or risk the recklessness of real intimacy. Set against the vivid backdrop of a San Francisco flush with money and pulsing with protest, Daphne is a gripping and tender modern fable that explores both self-determination and the perpetual fight between love and safety.

Praise for Will Boast:

"Remarkable."- Phillip Lopate

"[Boast] can really write."- Ann Beattie

"So essential, so alive, so immediate."- Jesmyn Ward

Format:
Hardback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
ISBN:
9781631493034
Published Date:
5/6/2018
Dimensions:
218mm x 150mm x 28mm
Weight:
389g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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RRP: £20

Format: Hardback

ISBN: 9781631493034

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