Parade

A path-breaking novel of art, womanhood, and violence from the author of the Outline trilogy. Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down. In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street. A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands. The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade, sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot to tell a true story about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.

Praise for the Outline trilogy: "A work of stunning beauty, deep insight, and great originality." - Monica Ali "A landmark in twenty-first-century English literature." - Observer "A perfect synthesis of form and content." - Deborah Levy "Page-turningly enthralling and charged with the power to move." - Tessa Hadley "Reaches a kind of formal perfection, masterly." - Sally Rooney.