Porcupines

Destined to become an instant classic. Richly drawn characters in an immigrant journey as old as America herself * Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The View From Lake Como *Funny, acerbic, and wonderfully playful, Porcupines is a brilliant, cross-generational portrait of an immigrant family constantly assailed by whether they are American enough, Hungarian enough or Jewish enough. It’s completely delicious: a novel to sink into * Naomi Wood, author of Mrs. Hemingway *Porcupines manages the rarest of things: depicting beautifully complex characters, while simultaneously providing a deeply comforting world. The best debut I’ve read this year * Grace Murray, author of Blank Canvas *Perfect for Elif Batuman fans, this is a wonderfully warm, witty read about mothers and daughters, sisters and lovers, migration and belonging, and what it truly means to feel at home. I loved it * Julianne Pachico, author of The Jungle House *An acutely and deftly told story of family … Wise, emotive and funny, Fran Fabriczki is a beautiful writer who writes sisterhood and motherhood so well I felt like could reach out and touch her characters * Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us *A haunting, funny and compulsively readable novel about the intricacies of family, loss and trust * Chloe Caldwell, author of Women *If Gilmore Girls had sharper edges and came with a Los Angeles sunburn, you’d have this riveting novel, a love letter to kids who are done keeping their parents’ secrets * Courtney Maum, author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You *A dazzling mother-daughter story, Porcupines shows us the softness that lies beneath the spikes * Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street *A really accomplished debut. Sharp and funny as hell * Chris Power, author of A Lonely Man *Sonia and her daughter Mila are wonderfully funny, unpredictable forces in this sharp, witty take on the American dream and the persistence of Old Europe * Andrew Cowan, author of PIg *

Fran Fabriczki was born in Budapest. She has lived in Los Angeles and currently lives in London. She read English at the University of Cambridge and worked in publishing for several years before going freelance to focus on her own writing. She graduated from the University of East Anglia’s Creative Writing MA in 2022 and received the Curtis Brown Award for her dissertation. Porcupines is her upcoming debut novel.

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