Hangman

Hangman is a tragicomic journey through homecoming and loss, following a man's search for refuge in this world and the one that lies beyond it. It has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 and praised by Vogue, FT, TLS, FRIEZE, DAILY MAIL, MAAZA MENGISTE, and ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2024
Publisher: Pushkin Press

*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TELEGRAPH , VULTURE , FRIEZE , BBC , READER S DIGEST * __________ MORE PRAISE FOR HANGMAN: Urgent and emotionally resonant VOGUE Reinvents the novel of return... keeps you hooked Monica Ali Melancholic but weirdly hopeful FT Remarkably assured and distinctive TLS Laconic and darkly humorous FRIEZE A striking masterful debut NAMWALI SERPELL A bravura twist on the immigrant novel DAILY MAIL Ruthlessly honest and startingly beautiful MAAZA MENGISTE Daring,intellectually rich,and unsettlingly hilarious ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN Reinvents the novel of return... keeps you hooked
Hangman is a tragicomic journey through homecoming and loss, peopled by phantoms and tricksters, aid workers and taxi drivers, and the relatives and riddles that lead this man along a circuitous path towards the truth. It is a strangely honest story of one man's search for refuge in this world and the one that lies beyond it. Hangman has been praised for its urgent and emotionally resonant writing, its reinvention of the novel of return, and its ability to keep readers hooked. It has been described as melancholic but weirdly hopeful, remarkably assured and distinctive, laconic and darkly humorous, a striking masterful debut, and a bravura twist on the immigrant novel. It has also been praised for its ruthlessly honest and startingly beautiful writing, its daring, intellectually rich, and unsettlingly hilarious style, and its ability to reinvent the novel of return.

Weight: 186g
Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781911590798