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 The Number One Global Sensation *Foyle’s 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.

IT’S 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 Athena’s 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. Kuang’s book Yellowface was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23

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

©2023 R.F. Kuang (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Crime Fiction Dark Humour Friendship Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction United States World Literature Comedy
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Not sure if this was supposed to be funny, insightful or what? Can’t believe I fell for the hype. The whole premise of an untalented white author who takes a Chinese authors book and pretends it’s her own - feels very college grad. The author in the book exemplifies every racist trope which just feels lazy and starts to makes your teeth grind. There’s also a bunch of insights about wanna be writers and the whole literary scene. All very meta and unredeemingly awful. Didn’t make it past chapter 8

A truly awful book about a bad author who steals a book

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A solid 5-star story. Almost none of the characters are likeable and yet you can see where they’re coming from. So many social agendas chasing their own tails. And an almost gleefully excoriating tale of the publishing world. Glad I listened to the audio version rather than reading a flat page, it brought the sharpness to the fore.

A brilliant and twisted tale

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Couldn’t stop listening, the narrative voice was so compelling, - bravely digs into very prescient issues in a truly biting, modern satire.

So compelling!

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A good premise but perhaps a bit too drawn out. Excellent narration kept it moving.

literary theft thriller

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It' s different and I like the way the expose the industry. The main character is very annoying but show you how people in the end get away with bad stuff just by changing the narrative

Entertaining

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