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The Thornbacks

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Deliciously unsettling and chillingly funny, this singular debut novel from prize-winner Chloe Wilson delves into the worlds we would prefer to keep hidden.'We didn't do...

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Deliciously unsettling and chillingly funny, this singular debut novel from prize-winner Chloe Wilson delves into the worlds we would prefer to keep hidden.

‘We didn’t do anything at first. It was just an idea that grew in the dark, like a mushroom. Some pale, round spore of a thought finding form in the darkness. In your mind. And yours.’

‘The best debut novel you’ll read all year’ Emily Bitto

It’s Friday night, date night, and two women are getting ready to head out.
But it isn’t them who Luka – lawyer, thirty-three – is coming to meet.

It’s Poppy, an angelic blonde who has been dead for more than a year.

Behind her profile are two morticians, Gertie and Tabitha.

By day they pump the blood out of bodies, replacing it with formaldehyde, water, alcohol, and raspberry-coloured dye. They sculpt, sew, and paint on shades of Light Natural Tan and Warm Rose Bisque makeup until a face that is almost too perfect looks

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