Ponti
18 April 2019Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'Remarkable' – Ian McEwan
Shortlisted for Hearsts' Big Book Award 2018.
Set in 2003 in the sweltering heat of Singapore, Sharlene Teo's Ponti begins as sixteen-year-olds Szu and Circe develop an intense friendship. For Szu it offers an escape from Amisa, her beautiful, cruel mother – once an actress, and now the silent occupant of a rusty house. But for Circe, their...
Details
18 April 2019304 pages
9781509855339Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Remarkable . . . her characters glow with life and humour and minutely observed desperationIan McEwan
A radiant, achingly beautiful novel about relationships between womenMegan Hunter, author of The End We Start From
A triumph: a nuanced examination of betrayal and grief, memory and the corrupting effects of beautySunday Times
Ponti is one of the more assured debuts I’ve read recently . . . it’s the rare, real deal and Teo’s a writer we’ll be reading for many years to comeFinancial Times
