Book description
The electrifying new novel from the sensational bestselling winners of the International Booker Prize and 'one of the boldest writers alive today' (Max Porter).
'It's been a long time since a book has destroyed me like this.' Max Porter
'Obsessed me from the first line.' Daisy Johnson
'I'm in awe.'…
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Why read it?
1 author picked My Heavenly Favorite as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Clearly patterned in response to Lolita, this story of a love affair with an underage girl turns on that girl's emerging sense of herself as maybe less girlish than everyone imagines. Her predator is weird, and unhinged, but less self-assured than Humbert Humbert; he's a veterinarian, and all his allusions are to the medical problems of farm animals. And there's another key difference between this book and Nabakov's: When he becomes obsessed with his "heavenly favorite" he sinks into her world, and we experience the whims and silliness of young girl life—a total delight in small doses. Absolute genius.
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