Supper Club

Supper Club

Summary


WINNER of the GUARDIAN 'NOT THE BOOKER' PRIZE 2019

BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - Vogue, TIME, Vulture, Woman and Home, and many more


'Subversive, radical, written with total glee and rollicking sense of unlimited possibility. Williams is one to watch' Stylist

If you feed a starving woman, what will she grow into?

Twenty-nine year old Roberta has spent her whole life hungry. So she invents Supper Club: a secret society for women sick of bad men and bad sex. Fed up of being told to talk less, take less, be less, they gather after dark to feast and dance through the night. But as their bodies expand, so do their horizons, their desires - and their urge to break the rules.

You look hungry. Join the club.

'Superb... Hilariously funny and deeply moving' Guardian Not the Booker Prize

'Engrossing, ambitious, joyful as well as dark - which is so close to the bone and so necessary. I can't wait to read her next book' Emilie Pine, author of Notes to Self

'Cool and knowing, jam-packed with cultural references, not to mention mouthwatering recipes' Metro

'Daring, funny, humane, delightful. She's the real thing' Sam Jordison, Guardian

'For reading while eating in the bath and licking your lips. There's no other book to read this month' Lit Hub

'Darkly delicious. A celebration of female power and friendship' Sunday Mirror

'Riotous, bold, wild and witty' Sunday Express

Reviews

  • A radical retake on the notion that women must starve themselves to meet society's demands... Written with total glee and rollocking sense of unlimited possibility, Lara Williams is one to watch
    Stylist

About the author

Lara Williams

Lara Williams is the author of Treats, Supper Club and The Odyssey. Her fiction has won the Guardian 'Not the Booker' Prize and been nominated for the BBC National Short Story Award, the Republic of Consciousness Prize, the Edinburgh First Book Award, the Saboteur Awards and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Lara Williams lives in Manchester and is a contributor to the Guardian, Independent, Times Literary Supplement, Vice, Dazed and others.
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