SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power - from the author of Swimming Home and The Man Who Saw Everything 'Propulsive; uncanny; dreamlike. A feverish coming-of-age novel' Daily Telegraph '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 and the doctors are mystified. Her daughter Sofia has brought her here 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 people 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. _________________________________ '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 'Hot Milk is an extraordinary novel; beautifully rich; vividly atmospheric and psychologically complex... Every man and woman should read it' Bernardine Evaristo '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