It feels like 2018 has more than its share of debut novels to get excited about. Set on an uncanny island called Neverness, the interlocking stories build into a novel that is that rare thing: genuinely unique. Equally powerful is Asymmetry (Simon & Schuster) by Lisa Halliday, a book of two halves that reflect and expand on one another. Michael Donkor’s first novel, Hold (4th Estate), follows three girls whose lives are strung between Ghana and Brixton. Her follow-up, All Among the Barley (Bloomsbury), is set in East Anglia in 1934.

Source: The Guardian December 31, 2017 07:52 UTC