Saou Ichikawa

Praise for Hunchback

Unapologetic, unashamed and unflinching. Hunchback grips the reader with its raw, fizzing, subversive energy, even as it shakes off shackles — both physical and mental. A book that moved and thrilled us. < ...

International Booker Prize judges

Hunchback is one of the boldest and most unusual books to emerge from a mainstream publisher in years. It's a brilliant, riveting book that lets us tune into the voices we have long kept suppressed.

Johanna Thomas-Corr, The Sunday Times

A must-read debut. Funny and frank, this book lingers in the mind long after you turn the final page

BBC Books of 2025

Unapologetic, unashamed and unflinching. Hunchback grips the reader with its raw, fizzing, subversive energy, even as it shakes off shackles — both physical and mental. A book that moved and thrilled us. < ...

International Booker Prize judges

Hunchback is one of the boldest and most unusual books to emerge from a mainstream publisher in years. It's a brilliant, riveting book that lets us tune into the voices we have long kept suppressed.

Johanna Thomas-Corr, The Sunday Times

A must-read debut. Funny and frank, this book lingers in the mind long after you turn the final page

BBC Books of 2025

Unapologetic, unashamed and unflinching. Hunchback grips the reader with its raw, fizzing, subversive energy, even as it shakes off shackles — both physical and mental. A book that moved and thrilled us. < ...

International Booker Prize judges

Hunchback is one of the boldest and most unusual books to emerge from a mainstream publisher in years. It's a brilliant, riveting book that lets us tune into the voices we have long kept suppressed.

Johanna Thomas-Corr, The Sunday Times

A must-read debut. Funny and frank, this book lingers in the mind long after you turn the final page

BBC Books of 2025