Soft Core

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‘A hugely enjoyable exploration of all the strange things people desire … Newell’s writing is sensory and evocative’ The Times

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‘Uncanny, almost ghostly … For a story about desire and longing, it is surprisingly spooky, full of stalkers, creeps and doubles’ Observer

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‘Vivid … Exhilarating … Soft Core is pacey and rich, full of verve, drama and detail’ New York Times Book Review

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‘A profound look at sex work and lives unusually lived, and how they can be just as banal as the “normal ones”’ Dazed

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‘As a writer, Newell may be one of the finest contemporary purveyors of “vibes” and in Soft Core, this sensory poeticism transports us to the depths of San Francisco’s erotic underground … a prodigal talent’ AnOther Magazine

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‘Incredible … the best book I’ve read this year – romantic, dangerous and sexy. It made me cry’ Katie Buckley, author of Hero in Stylist

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‘A wild ride through San Francisco’s dark underbelly, full of sex workers and drug dealers … brilliant on power, perception and identity. Great fun’ Daily Mail

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‘Newell’s gifts for sensory details … and for tracing the wavy contours of human connection make her work feel like that of a glitter-bomb David Lynch … a trippy excursion down the rabbit hole into a particular substratum of culture’ The Atlantic

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‘Drew me in like a whirlpool – a wild spin into loneliness and desire’ Nicola Dinan, author of Disappoint Me

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‘Soft Core is not just a book but a fully realised and highly seductive way of life – louche, fleshy and freestyle … Deeply impressive and fun as hell!’ Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection

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‘I was consumed by Soft Core … Newell portrays a San Francisco of dark beauty with an endless revolving door of characters sketched out with great wit … Funny, sexy and surprising, I loved it’ Pip Finkemeyer, author of Sad Girl Novel

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‘A beautiful fever dream, a slippery, captivating pleasure, a love story stuffed inside a wadded nylon stocking' Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth

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