BOOKS

A stomach-turning and terrific novel...a brilliant and literal dissection of a marriage — The Times

Engrossingly depicts not only bodily appetite but the deepest emotional hunger pangs of being human...compulsively readable — Observer

Daring, groundbreaking and original — Irish Independent

One of the most talked-about books of the year...filled with black humour — Daily Mail

Stomach-churning and terrific — The Times

An enjoyable feast of anger - witty and poised — Deborah Levy, author of Swimming Home

'Season to Taste is written in a laconic, pared-down style that immediately brings to mind Camus' L'Etranger. If that seems a somewhat grand comparison, it is not, for Young's book is one of those rare beasts - a literary novel of ideas written in simple language that could be both a university set text and a supermarket bestseller' — Tom Tivnan, The Bookseller

Set to be one of the most talked about - and most gruesome - books of 2014 — The Sunday Times

Young delivers an authentic portrait of a neglected marriage, and her light and compelling prose carries this macabre tale along — The List

Season to Taste is a modern-day fable about the end of love and moving on. Natalie Young has given us a shockingly, thrillingly new vantage on a timeless story of marriage's demise — Stefan Merill Block, author of The Story of Forgetting

2014's most talked-about novel — Harper's Bazaar

'Brilliantly disturbing... echoes of Roald Dahl's dark adult fiction... fascinating in the most gruesome way. Delicious!' — Image

Move over Fifty Shades, there's a brand new genre whipping the publishing world into a murderous frenzy — Evening Standard

The past grabs hold and will not let you go in this uncanny and beautiful novel. Strange and delicious in the manner of Rebecca. --Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress

We All Ran Into the Sunlight is the sort of intricate invention that only a few masters like Ian McEwan or Graham Greene could assemble. This novel will mesmerize you and it will break your heart. --Stefan Merrill Block, author of the Story of Forgetting

How extraordinary is the mind of the writer. Natalie Young has created a near-Gothic story of obsession and desire, set against the background of a sinister chateau, in both postwar and contemporary France. Definitely not for the faint-hearted... A true tour de force. --Mavis Cheek

Sensuously and evocatively detailed, its roots dive deep into the physical and psychological damage inflicted by war --Daily Mail

Ensnares the reader in an eerie web of elusive family secrets in an atmospheric French village --The Times

The chiaroscuro drama of dark and light characterises this novel of the past impinging on the present. --The Guardian

Ensnares the reader in an eerie web of elusive family secrets in an atmospheric French village --The Times