The Mars Room

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration, from the author of the internationally acclaimed The Flamethrowers. ‘Astounding… this year’s must-read’ ANNE ENRIGHT Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker. Inside awaits a world where women must hustle and fight for the bare essentials. Outside: the San Francisco of her youth. The Mars Room strip club where she was once a dancer. Her seven-year-old son, Jackson. As Romy forms friendships over liquor brewed in socks and stories shared through sewage pipes her future seems to unfurl in one long, unwavering line – until news from beyond the prison bars forces Romy to try and outrun her destiny. * Pre-order Rachel Kushner’s new novel, Creation Lake, now * ‘Breathtaking’ VOGUE ‘One of our most outstanding modern writers’ STYLIST ‘Gritty; empathetic, finely rendered’ MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)