Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever read... What's it about? I'd love to have a stab at explaining, but I can't. You're just going to have to find out for yourself' JOANNA CANNON

'I laughed, I cried, I sat quietly and thought about what I'd read... a future classic' CLARE MACKINTOSH

'I read it in one breath... true and tragic and funny and hopeful and big - big enough somehow to contain all of our stories and all of our lives inside it' JOANNA GLEN

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A young man walks into the woods on the worst morning of his life and finds something there that will change everything.

It's a tale that might seem familiar. But how it speaks to you will depend on how you've lived until now.

Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them. Isaac and the Egg is one of the most hopeful, honest and wildly imaginative novels you will ever read.

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'This book is just magic' KATE SAWYER

'A mad, sad, funny debut' PATRICK GALE

'Fresh, original and beautifully written' RUTH HOGAN

'Will stay with me for a long time' MARK WATSON

'Sublime' BRYONY GORDON

'A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that's funny and sad about real life' DAVID WHITEHOUSE

'A bold, beautiful undertaking' POORNA BELL

'Funny, sad, surreal, life-affirming... I too would like an egg' KASIM ALI

'An extraordinary story . . . brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope' GLAMOUR

'Bizarre, beautiful and like nothing else I've ever read' ANNIE LORD

BOBBY PALMER is an author and journalist whose writing has appeared in GQ, Esquire, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan and more. He is co-host of the literary podcast Book Chat with Pandora Sykes. His critically acclaimed debut, Isaac and the Egg, was published in 2022. Small Hours is his second novel.
Visit www.bobbypalmer.co.uk for more news about Bobby and his writing or follow him on X and Instagram @thebobpalmer.