Isaac and the Egg

Truly one of the most beautiful stories you’ll ever read – 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
This book is just magic – Kate Sawyer
A mad, sad, funny debut – Patrick Gale
A tender, funny and surprising meditation on grief and hope … like nothing I’ve ever read before * Stylist *
Heart-wrenching yet oddly soothing, this is utterly beautiful * PRIMA ‘Book of the Month’ *
Sublime – Bryony Gordon
An extraordinary story … brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope * Glamour *
A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that’s funny and sad about real life – David Whitehouse
Truly one of the most beautiful stories you’ll ever read – Joanna Cannon
This novel will be everywhere. A mad, sad, funny debut – Patrick Gale
I laughed, I cried, I sat quietly and thought about what I’d read … a future classic – Clare Mackintosh
It’s rare a book makes such an impact on me – Ruth Hogan
This book is just magic – Kate Sawyer
A strange, funny, adventurous novel which will stay with me for a long time – Mark Watson
I read it in one breath. Then I couldn’t quite work out what had happened to me, but whatever it was, it was 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
An extraordinary story … brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope * Glamour *
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
Bizarre, beautiful and like nothing else I’ve ever read – Annie Lord
One of the most inventive, funny and moving things you’ll ever read – Richard Roper
Very moving and clever and the writing is beautiful … Although it starts with a death and darkness, it’s a story of hope and embracing newness – Justin Myers, the Guyliner
A beautiful book … joyful, splendidly odd and ultimately profound – Lizzie Pook

Bobby Palmer is both an author and journalist. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Isaac and the Egg, was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year in 2022; his second novel Small Hours was published in 2024. Bobby co-hosted the podcast Book Chat with Pandora Sykes and his writing has appeared in GQ, Esquire, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan amongst others. He lives with his family in Sussex.

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