Starting Out

by Ben Markovits

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Pub Date 8 Apr 2027 | Archive Date 9 Apr 2027

Faber and Faber Ltd

General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

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Meet Lisa. Smart, bookish, an only child.

Having navigated school and adolescence – mainly under the influence of the Brontës and Jane Austen – she goes to college and falls in love with Eric, a fellow student, whose ambition pushes him towards a summer work placement in NY and then a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. But it’s Lisa who helps him, who may have to follow him if she wants their relationship to have a chance, and who could be compromising her own ambitions and friendships in the process.

From the author of The Rest of Our Lives, Starting Out is a richly relatable story about growing up, and how it doesn’t end with childhood.

Meet Lisa. Smart, bookish, an only child.

Having navigated school and adolescence – mainly under the influence of the Brontës and Jane Austen – she goes to college and falls in love with Eric, a...

Advance Praise

'Is Ben Markovits contemporary fiction's best kept secret?' Independent

'One of the most astute novelists of modern America' Observer

'Markovits excels at family relationships: the things said and left unsaid; the weight of experience that forms character' TLS

'Is Ben Markovits contemporary fiction's best kept secret?' Independent

'One of the most astute novelists of modern America' Observer

'Markovits excels at family...

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EDITION	Hardcover
ISBN	9780571400263
PRICE	£16.99 (GBP)
PAGES	336

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