My Heavenly Favourite

<b>Lucas Rijneveld</b> was born in 1991 in the Netherlands and grew up in a Reformed farming family. His first novel <i>The Discomfort of Evening</i> won the Booker International Prize 2020 and the ANV Debut Prize. In the same year the Dutch edition of <i>My Heavenly Favourite</i> was published and was shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize and was awarded both the Boon and F. Bordewijk prizes. Rijneveld's work has been translated into 39 languages.<br><br><b>Michele Hutchison</b> is a literary translator from Dutch and French into English. In 2020 Michele won the Vondel Translation Prize for her translation of 'Stage Four' by Sander Kollaard and the International Booker Prize together with author Lucas Rijneveld for <i>The Discomfort of Evening</i>. <b><b>The electrifying new novel from the sensational bestselling winner of the International Booker Prize.</b><br><br><b><b>'A novel of exquisite discomfort and delicious poetry. Rijneveld writes with peerless moral courage and a sheer delight in the abject that we must each face in ourselves. This book unsettled me even as it made me laugh and gasp. I'm in awe.' </b>Brandon Taylor<br><br>In the tempestuous summer of 2005 a 14-year-old farmer's daughter makes friends with the local veterinarian who looks after her father's cows. He is trying to escape trauma while she is trying to escape into a world of fantasy. Their obsessive reliance on each other's stories builds into a terrifying trap with a confession at the heart of it that threatens to rip their small community apart.<br><br>Indelible audacious and impossible-to-put-down <i><i>My Heavenly Favourite</i></i> confirms Rijneveld as one of the bravest and brilliant writers on the world stage.<br><br><b>Translated by Michele Hutchison</b><br><br>Praise for <i><i>The Discomfort of Evening</i></i>:<br><br>'<b>' <b>One of the best debut novels I have ever read: a classic.' </b></b>. Max Porter<br><br>'<b><b> 'Haunting . . . Like Iain Banks. It's incredible that it's a debut.' </b></b>. Douglas Stuart<br><br>'<b>Exceptional</b>.' <i><i>Financial Times</i> / </i><br><br>'<b>Exhilarating</b>.' <i> <i>Independent</i> / </i>'<br><br><b>Luminous</b>.' <i><i>Observer</i> / </i><br><br>'<b>Beautifully wild</b>.' <i><i>Guardian</i></i> <b>The electrifying new novel from the winner of the International Booker Prize and </b><b>sensational bestseller.</b> <b>A novel of exquisite discomfort and delicious poetry. Rijneveld writes with peerless moral courage and a sheer delight in the abject that we must each face in ourselves. This book unsettled me even as it made me laugh and gasp. I'm in awe.</b>