Other People's Clothes

A sparkling debut … this is a very good plot-driven thriller dressed in a glittery jumpsuit. There are laugh-out-loud lines throughout. – Rhiannon Cosslett * Guardian *Truly original … Brutal, glamorous and genuinely unpredictable, it will blow your mind until the very last page. – Moya Crockett * Stylist *Fuelled by a creeping sense of unease, this is a wild, energetic gem of a novel that is entirely involving. – Fanny Blake * Daily Mail *Thrilling * Cosmopolitan *Hugely entertaining * New York Times *

Sharply observed and very funny … a worthy addition to the growing canon of outsider writing on Berlin … Henkel has an exacting eye for subtle situational humour, and she excels at describing the sorts of characters one encounters in the German capital … Calla Henkel cleverly manipulates expectations to build tension until the very end.

Calla Henkel is an American writer, playwright, director and artist living between Berlin and Los Angeles. Her debut novel, Other People’s Clothes, was a New York Times Book Review ‘Editors’ Choice’. She has staged plays at Volksbuhne Berlin and the Whitney Museum of Art, and her artistic work with Max Pitegoff has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. She currently operates a theatre in Los Angeles, called New Theater Hollywood. Scrap is her second novel.