Double Blind

From the author of the internationally acclaimed Patrick Melrose books: a major new novel exploring some of the biggest ideas and most pressing questions of our times.

''Both moving and so funny I had to stop every few pages to wipe tears from my eyes'' OBSERVER, BEST BOOKS OF 2021

''Emotionally cogent and intellectually fascinating... I was gripped by it'' Ian McEwan

Double Blind follows three close friends and their circle through a year of extraordinary transformation. Set between London, Cap d''Antibes, Big Sur and a rewilded corner of Sussex, this thrilling, ambitious novel is as compelling about ecology, psychoanalysis, genetics and neuroscience as it is about love, fear and courage.

When Olivia meets a new lover, Francis, just as she is welcoming her dearest friend Lucy back from New York, her life expands precipitously. Her connection to Francis, a committed naturalist living off-grid, is immediate and startling.