LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 - THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE THE INSTANT NEW YORK
TIMES BESTSELLER _______________ ' Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what
The Wire did for Baltimore ' THE TIMES 'A soul-searching portrait of survival and hope' OPRAH
WINFREY _______________ We'll laugh because we can until the sun disintegrates and
nighttime threatens to set us free just to capture us again back into the things we can't
escape. Kiara does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her
mother in a halfway house she fends for herself - and for nine-year-old Trevor whose own
mother disappears for days at a time. But as the pressures of rent to pay and mouths to feed
increase Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark determined to survive in a world
that refuses to protect her. Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people
navigating the darkest corners of an adult world told with a humanity that is at once
agonising and utterly mesmerising. _______________ 'UNFORGETTABLE' GUARDIAN 'A
MAGNIFICENT DEBUT' RUTH OZEKI winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 _______________
READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING ' Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece' *****
'This book ripped my heart out' ***** 'Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked'
***** 'This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay
with you forever' ***** 'It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted' ***** 'This
is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five' ***** 'Completely gripping . . . This is
going to be a huge bestseller' *****
