Barbara Kingsolver: Demon Copperhead: 'Without a doubt the best book I'll read this year' Kate Atkinson [2022] hardback PAREN and in her own past

and in her own past

An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment

with varying degrees of wisdom

a young woman named Rose Walker is searching for her little brother

It takes her a while to realise that the missing-person case she is pursuing is so intimately connected to the massacre on the mayor's lawn

Barbara Kingsolver: Demon Copperhead: 'Without a doubt the best book I'll read this year' Kate Atkinson [2022] hardback PAREN and in her own pastA masterpiece in storytelling from the global bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behaviour. WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE MULTI MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR 'Electrifying. . . Every sentence here sizzles.' Daily Mail 'It's EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving and exquisitely written.' MARIAN KEYES 'A true highlight of 2022 fiction.' Independent 'A fantastic read.' EMILY MAITLIS 'Book of the Month' Women & Home 'A masterclass.'