McGlue

An intoxicating wild ride of violence, drunkness and queer obsession- Moshfegh’s first novel now in hardback

A gorgeously sordid story of love and murder on the high seas, read the novel that catapulted Moshfegh into literary stardom

‘Wonderful’ Guardian

‘One of America’s most exciting – and most provocative – young novelists’ Financial Times

‘You’re in safe, if sticky hands’ The Times

Salem, Massachusetts, 1851- McGlue wakes up in prison, too drunk to be sure of how he got there, or even his own name. They say he killed a man, and that man may have been his best friend. That man may have been his lover. Now, McGlue wants one thing and one thing only- a drink.

Because when he is sober he remembers, and McGlue wants to forget. As he is visited by people demanding answers – the authorities, his well-meaning lawyer and his weeping mother – McGlue struggles to bury the memories that haunt him, of a violent childhood, swashbuckling adventures, and the only man who ever loved him.

Format: Hardback
Pages: 128
Imprint: Jonathan Cape UK
Publication date: 08/10/2024