The London Train

Few writers give me such consistent pleasure – Zadie SmithShe has such great psychological insights into human beings, which is rare. She is one of the best fiction writers writing today – Chimamanda Ngozie AdichieThis beautifully evoked fourth novel is a further example of her talents – Rachel Hore * Literary Review *Darkly elegant…Hadley writes with grace and intensity, moving from careful, beautiful delineation of character and place…to moments of haunting power. She is brilliant, too, at offering us different perspectives * Financial Times *Tessa Hadley is an understated writer whose concentration on the details of everyday life belies a breathtaking acuity and articulateness… She once again visualizes the monochrome mundanity of ordinary existence in glorious Technicolor… Hadley captures shades of almost imperceptible grey that the reader only recognizes after reading… Hadley shows, with dizzying aplomb, that the distinction between “literary” fiction and the best domestic fiction is spurious. – Leyla Sani * Independent *Serene style and carefully constructed scenes – Alex Clark * Times Literary Review *Hadley’s shrewd observation gains in distinction with every book she writes * Independent *Excellent – Philip Hensher * Observer, Books of the Year *Tessa Hadley is a writer whose antennae are almost indecently attuned to the interior static of private lives. – Emma Hagestadt * Independent *Hadley’s writing is pin sharp – Rosemary Goring * Sunday Herald *

Tessa Hadley is the author of eight highly praised novels- Accidents in the Home, which was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, Everything Will Be All Right, The Master Bedroom, The London Train, Clever Girl, The Past, Late in the Day and Free Love, and four collections of stories- Sunstroke, Married Love, Bad Dreams and After the Funeral. She won the Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction in 2016, The Past won the Hawthornden Prize for 2016 and she has twice been awarded the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, for 2018 and for 2024. Her stories appear regularly in the New Yorker.

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