Cleaner : A razor-sharp, honest and darkly comedic literary debut novel - Jess Shannon
Jess Shannon
- Pages · 240 pages
- Publication Date · 12/02/2026
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Mrs. Hinch meets Raven Leilani's Luster' Elle
'Gen Z's Lady Macbeth' Times Literary Supplement
'Gem of a debut novel... funny, vibrant and utterly unpredictable.' Service95 (Dua Lipa's cultural concierge), August's Best New Releases`Sharp, funny and engaging' Daily MailGQ Best Books of 2025A LOVE READING DEBUT OF THE MONTH, STAR BOOK AND BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKA woman in her mid-twenties moves back home to live with her parents, where her listlessness fuels an obsession with cleaning, and sets in motion a series of events that lead to her posing as a model in a nude gallery where she encounters a woman whose life will intertwine with her own. `An utterly unflinching debut novel about becoming adrift: a rare and profound book about loneliness, self-expression and disillusionment, featuring sex, love, drugs - and cleaning' Ian Sansom'A tremendous display of talent' Gonzalo Ceron Garcia, author of We Are The End
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