Hot Milk

Plunge into a critically acclaimed novel from the author of Swimming Home and August Blue - a hypnotic tale about desire, identity and female power, set beneath the scorching sun of the Spanish coast

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2016
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016

'An extraordinary novel, beautifully rich, vividly atmospheric and psychologically complex . . . Every man and woman should read it' Bernardine Evaristo
'A triumph of storytelling' Literary Review
'Today I dropped my laptop on the concrete floor of a bar built on the beach. My laptop has all my life in it and knows more about me than anyone else. So what I am saying is that if it is broken, so am I . . .'

Two women arrive in a village on the Spanish coast. Rose is suffering from a strange illness, her doctors mystified by the condition. Her daughter Sofia has brought her to Almería to find a cure with the infamous and controversial Dr Gomez - a man of questionable methods and motives. Intoxicated by thick heat and the seductive strangers who move through it, both women begin to see their lives clearly for the first time in years.

Through the opposing figures of mother and daughter, Deborah Levy explores the strange and monstrous nature of womanhood. Dreamlike and utterly compulsive, Hot Milk is a delirious fairy tale of feminine potency, a story both modern and timeless.

Praise for Hot Milk:
'Perfectly crafted. So mesmerising that reading it is to be under a spell' Independent on Sunday
'Hot Milk treads a sweaty, sun-drenched path into the history books. A properly great novel' Romola Garai
'Propulsive, uncanny, dreamlike. A feverish coming-of-age novel' Daily Telegraph
'Hypnotic . . . This novel has a transfixing gaze and a terrible sting that burns long after the final page is turned' Observer
'Terrific, sizzling with heat and sexuality . . . You devour it in one sitting' Radio Times