New novel in paperback from Coetzee, the only author ever to have won the Booker Prize twice. Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, this is an evocative portrait of a consciousness turning in on itself, and of a young man's struggle to find his way in the world. "Only a writer as great as Coetzee is capable of infusing meditation on the spoilt hope of youth with such clarity, fluency and poise" "Daily Mail". "Brilliant. A remarkable feat" "Sunday Times".

J.M. Coetzee's work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently, The Schooldays of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.