Among Friends

‘A hard diamond of a novel . . . I have not stopped thinking of it since’ – Coco Mellors ‘Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut’ – Miranda Cowley Heller ‘Packs a huge emotional punch. I couldn’t put it down’ – Daily Mail ‘A living thing . . . A huge achievement’ – Financial Times Perfect lives hide terrible secrets Having emerged from a childhood of poverty and neglect, Amos now has a life that others envy: a brilliant wife, a golden daughter, and a friendship that has anchored him for thirty years. All of that is set to change. In the course of one fateful weekend in a beautiful house upstate, Amos’s life will be undone by a shocking act of violence. In its aftermath, Amos must ask: when your world collapses, what - and who - will you sacrifice to survive? ‘Bracingly honest and affectingly intimate . . . Upends its characters’ lives so ruthlessly and revealingly that it is hard not to take pleasure in a false facade being finally smashed’ – The Guardian ‘Masterly’ – John Banville This is a writer to watch, with excitement and the highest expectations' - John Banville, author of The Sea 'In the way that a forceful intelligence or an infectious voice or a fresh vision can alter how we observe and answer the world, Among Friends brought me into its cool environs and made me engage my days differently. It's no small accomplishment for a first novel, or for any novel' - Richard Ford