Brilliance on every page Samantha HarveySpare, visceral, urgent, compelling. This book doesnt fk around Gary StevensonSo brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money David NichollsHow do I get out of a reading slump? This is the book to do that Rhianna Dhillon, BBC Radio 4Through chance, luck and choice, one mans life takes him from a modest apartment in Hungary to the elite society of London in this captivating new novel about the forces that make and break our livesFifteenyearold Istvn lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour a married woman close to his mothers age as his only companion. As these encounters shift into a clandestine relationship, Istvns life spirals out of control.Years later, rising through the ranks from the army to the elite circles of Londons superrich, he navigates the twentyfirst centurys tides of money and power. Torn between love, intimacy, status, and wealth, his newfound riches threaten to undo him completely.A revelatory novel Sunday TimesSo much searing insight into the way we live now ObserverRefreshing, illuminating and true Financial TimesCompelling and elegant, merciless and poignant Tessa HadleyUtterly engrossing and I read it all in a day 5 reader reviewI was hooked and tried to read this book with any spare moment that I had 5 reader reviewA Best Book of 2025 in the Guardian, Observer,...

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