Diana Evans is the new literary voice of multicultural Britain. Her unforgettable first novel has all the heartbreak of Brick Lane and all the vibrancy of White Teeth, but a very special magic of its own.
Diana Evans is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's Creative Writing MA and has published short fiction in a number of anthologies. She has worked as a journalist and arts critic for Marie Claire, the Evening Standard, The Source and Pride magazine, and writes regularly for the Independent and the Stage. She lives in West London.
A hugely assured and very moving first novel
*Sunday Telegraph*
A remarkable first novel...vibrant...exotic
*Sunday Times*
The Great Neasden Novel has arrived...Haunting and cherishable...A
hugely promising debut
*Independent*
A dazzling debut...I adored this book; I defy anyone to read the
final pages without tears in their eyes. Easily the best book of
the year so far
*Scotsman*
This sparky debut novel... Enthralling from the first page, this
bittersweet fusion of fairytales and nightmares is sugared by
nostalgia and salted with sadness, Hephzibah Anderson, Daily
Mail
*Hephzibah Anderson, Daily Mail*
'This is a satisfying book, full of energy and charm'
*Christina Koning, The Times*
'Very enjoyable...Evans writes with tremendous verve and dash. Her
ear for dialogue is superb, and she has wit and sharp
perception...A consistently readable book filled with likeable
characters: a study of loss that has great heart and humour'
*Independent*
'A serious and accomplished first novel, an affecting study of
togetherness and separation in a family, a marriage and, most
importantly, between the twins'
*Time Out*
'An exciting and vibrant read. It's a weird and wonderful
fairy-tale about the lives of twins...26a is brilliant and a great
read'
*Sunday Express*
'Poetic, complex and lingering'
*New Statesman*
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