Isaac

So vivid and real, it brought a thousand memories rushing back… I loved the sheer power of Isaac’s emotions, overwhelming him - that lovely, awful, endless battle, asking of your boyfriend: who are you? Which is really asking: who am I? – Russell T Davies A wryly honest tale… It stirred bittersweet memories of wanting to astonish the world even while hating the skin I was in. Garner is clearly one to watch – Patrick GaleGarner’s impressive debut novel, bold and unflinching, asks how we project different identities onto those whom we love - or think we do * Telegraph *Garner’s writing is so wrenchingly tender that it will remind you of glorious (or otherwise) moments from your own misspent youth… One of 2024’s most captivating and evocative debut novels – AnOtherA luminous and beautiful debut about coming-of-age in London today. An instant queer classic – Jon Ransom, author of The Whale Tattoo and The Gallopers

Curtis Garner was born in Cornwall in 1996. When he was eighteen, he moved to London to study Creative Writing and English Literature at the University of Greenwich. He graduated in 2017 and has been working in publishing since. In 2020, he also received an MA with Distinction from the Manchester Writing School, where much of Isaac was written. In his spare time, he reviews novels on Instagram. He lives in Hackney.