2024 Booker Prize (shortlist)
2024 National Book Award for Fiction (longlist)
Meet Sadie Smith: seductive, cunning and going undercover – the Booker-shortlisted, wickedly entertaining New York Times bestseller
‘Hugely enjoyable’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Wonderfully seductive’ ALAN HOLLINGHURST
‘Really fantastic – get it!’ SARAH JESSICA PARKER
‘Entrancing’ MICK HERRON
Sadie Smith – a 34-year-old American undercover agent of ruthless tactics and bold opinions – is sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France.
Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical activists influenced by the beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe. But just as she is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Sadie becomes caught in the crossfire between the past and the future…
‘Kill Bill written by John le Carré’ OBSERVER
‘Smart, sinuous…brimming with heat’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘Reinvents the spy novel in one cool, erudite gesture'' HERNAN DIAZ
‘Laced with a killer dose of deadpan wit’ WASHINGTON POST
* A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW YORK TIMES, VOGUE, INDEPENDENT, HARPER’S BAZAAR AND MORE *
Genre: Mystery
‘Hugely enjoyable’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Wonderfully seductive’ ALAN HOLLINGHURST
‘Really fantastic – get it!’ SARAH JESSICA PARKER
‘Entrancing’ MICK HERRON
Sadie Smith – a 34-year-old American undercover agent of ruthless tactics and bold opinions – is sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France.
Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical activists influenced by the beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe. But just as she is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Sadie becomes caught in the crossfire between the past and the future…
‘Kill Bill written by John le Carré’ OBSERVER
‘Smart, sinuous…brimming with heat’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘Reinvents the spy novel in one cool, erudite gesture'' HERNAN DIAZ
‘Laced with a killer dose of deadpan wit’ WASHINGTON POST
* A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW YORK TIMES, VOGUE, INDEPENDENT, HARPER’S BAZAAR AND MORE *
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Creation Lake reinvents the spy novel in one cool, erudite gesture. Only Rachel Kushner could weave environmental activism, paranoia, and nihilism into a gripping philosophical thriller. Enthralling and sleekly devious, this book is also a lyrical reflection on both the origin and the fate of our species. A novel this brilliant and profound shouldn't be this much fun." - Hernán Diaz
"I was completely immersed and mesmerized. Creation Lake is a highly plotted fast-paced noir and yet full of ideas and depth. Rachel Kushner is the most exciting writer of her generation." - Bret Easton Ellis
"At last I get to say how deeply, madly, irrecoverably I loved Creation Lake... it was all stylish and cool, and then somehow the book struck a blow to my heart." - Louise Erdrich
"An immersive novel about an agent provocateur embedded within a group of environmental activists in south-western France, and slowly becoming mesmerized by the group elder's theories about Neanderthals. It's seductive, entrancing, and quite off the wall." - Mick Herron
"I was completely immersed and mesmerized. Creation Lake is a highly plotted fast-paced noir and yet full of ideas and depth. Rachel Kushner is the most exciting writer of her generation." - Bret Easton Ellis
"At last I get to say how deeply, madly, irrecoverably I loved Creation Lake... it was all stylish and cool, and then somehow the book struck a blow to my heart." - Louise Erdrich
"An immersive novel about an agent provocateur embedded within a group of environmental activists in south-western France, and slowly becoming mesmerized by the group elder's theories about Neanderthals. It's seductive, entrancing, and quite off the wall." - Mick Herron
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