The electrifying new novel from the sensational bestselling winner of the International Booker
Prize.'A novel of exquisite discomfort and delicious poetry. Rijneveld writes with peerless
moral courage and a sheer delight in the abject that we must each face in ourselves. This book
unsettled me even as it made me laugh and gasp. I'm in awe.' Brandon TaylorIn the tempestuous
summer of 2005 a 14-year-old farmer's daughter makes friends with the local veterinarian who
looks after her father's cows. He is trying to escape trauma while she is trying to escape
into a world of fantasy. Their obsessive reliance on each other's stories builds into a
terrifying trap with a confession at the heart of it that threatens to rip their small
community apart.Indelible audacious and impossible-to-put-down My Heavenly Favourite confirms
Rijneveld as one of the bravest and brilliant writers on the world stage.Translated by Michele
Hutchison
