The New Life

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'We must live in the future we hope to make'- a magnificent and daring novel of forbidden love and new ways of living set in 1890s London

Discover Tom Crewe's magnificent debut novel about forbidden desire and the search for freedom in Victorian England...

'Beautifully written' Graham Norton
'Subtle, sexy and beautifully crafted' Sarah Waters
'Lavishly imagined' Sunday Times
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After a lifetime spent navigating his desires, John has finally found a man who returns his feelings. Meanwhile, Henry is convinced that his new unconventional marriage will bring freedom.

United by a shared vision, they begin work on a revolutionary book arguing for the legalisation of homosexuality.

Before it can be published however, Oscar Wilde is arrested and their daring book threatens to throw them, and all around them, into danger. How high a price are they willing to pay for a new way of living?
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'A very fine new writer' Kate Atkinson
'I loved this book' Zadie Smith
'Some of the best writing on desire I've read' Douglas Stuart
'Extraordinary' Jonathan Bailey
'Filled with nuance and tenderness . . . charting the lives of men and women who inspired not only political progress but an entire new way of living and loving' Colm T ibin

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781529919714
Published: January 2024

Number of pages: 400
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 23 mm

Publisher: Vintage Publishing