The Unloved - Softcover

"Brave and brilliant." "--""The Independent "(UK)

"A startling work . . . Levy's world is horrifyingly violent, but she describes this dead European culture with a compelling, cool precision, always paring her language, never judging." --"The Times "(UK)

"Impressively ambitious . . . . Unusual and memorable." "--""Times Literary Supplement"

"Conjure[s] fractured and fluid worlds that are wholly immersive." "--""The Guardian"

"Deborah Levy is remarkably prolific. She's written radio plays, a Booker-nominated novel, and a page-turning yet poetic short story collection. Her last novel, "Swimming Home," shared a family's odd exploits while on summer vacation"--"similarly, "The Unloved" features a cast of tourists celebrating the holidays together in a chateau." "--Huffington Post," 2015 Books We Can't Wait to Read

"A dark, uncomfortable story of desire and damage . . . Levy's approach is cerebral and unsentimental, exploring, in prose both sensuous and supple, the sadness and perplexity of children, the unsatisfied desires of adults, and, above all, the power and role of love. Graphic, claustrophobic and fractured, this is emotionally violent and challenging work from a bold modern writer." "--Kirkus Reviews"

Brave and brilliant.

Impressively ambitious . . . . Unusual and memorable.""

Brave and brilliant. "The Independent (UK)"

A startling work . . . Levy's world is horrifyingly violent, but she describes this dead European culture with a compelling, cool precision, always paring her language, never judging. "The Times (UK)"

Impressively ambitious . . . . Unusual and memorable. "Times Literary Supplement"

Conjure[s] fractured and fluid worlds that are wholly immersive. "The Guardian"

Deborah Levy is remarkably prolific. She's written radio plays, a Booker-nominated novel, and a page-turning yet poetic short story collection. Her last novel, "Swimming Home," shared a family's odd exploits while on summer vacation -- similarly, "The Unloved "features a cast of tourists celebrating the holidays together in a chateau. "Huffington Post, 2015 Books We Can't Wait to Read"

A dark, uncomfortable story of desire and damage . . . Levy's approach is cerebral and unsentimental, exploring, in prose both sensuous and supple, the sadness and perplexity of children, the unsatisfied desires of adults, and, above all, the power and role of love. Graphic, claustrophobic and fractured, this is emotionally violent and challenging work from a bold modern writer. "Kirkus Reviews"

Cerebral . . . Levy brings a poetic and slightly surreal voice . . . "The Unloved" is a challenging and deeply literary read. "New York Journal of Books""

Brave and brilliant. The Independent (UK)

A startling work . . . Levy's world is horrifyingly violent, but she describes this dead European culture with a compelling, cool precision, always paring her language, never judging. The Times (UK)

Impressively ambitious . . . . Unusual and memorable. Times Literary Supplement

Conjure[s] fractured and fluid worlds that are wholly immersive. The Guardian

Deborah Levy is remarkably prolific. She's written radio plays, a Booker-nominated novel, and a page-turning yet poetic short story collection. Her last novel, Swimming Home, shared a family's odd exploits while on summer vacation -- similarly, The Unloved features a cast of tourists celebrating the holidays together in a chateau. Huffington Post, 2015 Books We Can't Wait to Read

A dark, uncomfortable story of desire and damage . . . Levy's approach is cerebral and unsentimental, exploring, in prose both sensuous and supple, the sadness and perplexity of children, the unsatisfied desires of adults, and, above all, the power and role of love. Graphic, claustrophobic and fractured, this is emotionally violent and challenging work from a bold modern writer. Kirkus Reviews

Cerebral . . . Levy brings a poetic and slightly surreal voice . . . The Unloved is a challenging and deeply literary read. New York Journal of Books

"Brave and brilliant." --The Independent (UK)

"A startling work . . . Levy's world is horrifyingly violent, but she describes this dead European culture with a compelling, cool precision, always paring her language, never judging." --The Times (UK)

"Impressively ambitious . . . . Unusual and memorable." --Times Literary Supplement

"Conjure[s] fractured and fluid worlds that are wholly immersive." --The Guardian

"Deborah Levy is remarkably prolific. She's written radio plays, a Booker-nominated novel, and a page-turning yet poetic short story collection. Her last novel, Swimming Home, shared a family's odd exploits while on summer vacation -- similarly, The Unloved features a cast of tourists celebrating the holidays together in a chateau." --Huffington Post, 2015 Books We Can't Wait to Read

"A dark, uncomfortable story of desire and damage . . . Levy's approach is cerebral and unsentimental, exploring, in prose both sensuous and supple, the sadness and perplexity of children, the unsatisfied desires of adults, and, above all, the power and role of love. Graphic, claustrophobic and fractured, this is emotionally violent and challenging work from a bold modern writer." --Kirkus Reviews

"Cerebral . . . Levy brings a poetic and slightly surreal voice . . . The Unloved is a challenging and deeply literary read." --New York Journal of Books

'Brave and brilliant, measured and lyrical' Independent

Deep in the remote French countryside, an elegant group of tourists celebrate Christmas in a rented chateau. But their leisure time is rudely interrupted by a body. An English woman has been murdered and Tatiana, the unloved child, claims she knows who did it.

The murder is a mystery, but a search for the truth will lead to many more disturbing mysteries of the human heart: insatiable rage, sadistic desire, colonial violence. Underneath the hedonism of these wealthy lives, a savage dissatisfaction is smouldering. The unloved and the unloving are perpetual bedfellows in this mesmerising early novel from the twice Man Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home.

'Levy's prose throbs its way into the imagination' Observer

'Startling, compelling, cool' The Times

'Levy's sense of dramatic form is unerring, and her precise, dispassionate prose effortlessly summons people and landscapes' New Yorker

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