Such a Fun Age

This is the calling card of a virtuoso talent ... I had thought of ending this review by predicting that Kiley Reid may be the next Sally Rooney. But Such a Fun Age is so fresh and essential that I predict instead that next year well be anxiously awaiting the next Kiley Reid * Guardian * What a joy to find a debut novel so good that it leaves you looking forward to the rest of its authors career . . . A tantalisingly plotted tale about the way we live now . . . Such a Fun Age speaks for itself; I suspect it will turn its writer into a star * The Times * Will fire off a million debates . . . The pages sing with charisma and humour * Sunday Times * Razor-sharp . . . Reid writes with a confidence and verve that produce magnetic prose . . . A cracking debut charming, authentic and every bit as entertaining as it is calmly, intelligently damning * Observer * Smart, fast-paced and beautifully observed, Reid tackles timely themes around race and political correctness with wit and verve * Mail on Sunday * Witty and incisive . . . What Kiley Reids debut novel delivers is a more compelling indictment of humans, of how we interact with ourselves and each other, than most writers could muster . . . A dazzlingly clear-eyed study of relationships: between partners, mothers and daughters, peers and friends * Financial Times * I LOVED this extraordinarily deft debut, written with wisdom, kindness and sharp humour . . . Clever, compelling and beautifully written * Daily Mail * Marks the arrival of a serious new talent * i * A voice to watch . . . A smart, witty debut that smuggles sharp points about racial blindness, privilege and the gig economy inside a zesty comedy of manners * Metro * I LOVE THIS BOOK! A modern comedy of manners, so tightly plotted, heading towards a tremendous showdown But its the prose! It bounces, pops and shimmers, it captures the authentic rhythms, drifts and tangents of genuine conversation, studding it with every laugh, sigh, shrug, glance-at-your-phone -- Russell T Davies One of the most buzzed-about books of 2020 and for good reason . . . Brilliant at capturing relationships, as well as the obliviousness of white privilege. Smart, punchy, well-paced and with an irresistible twist * Elle * As a layered and evocative social commentary, Reid makes an excellent job of it, drilling down into the virtue-signalling and motivations of the white liberal elite. She wraps serious messages in chatty prose that is a pleasure to read: dialogue crackles, characters pulse with the tics of modern American specimens . . . Its witty and subversive and leaves you feeling impressively uncomfortable * Sunday Times * Kiley Reid has written the most provocative page-turner of the year . . . Such a Fun Age nestles a nuanced take on racial biases and class divides into a page-turning saga of betrayals, twists and perfectly awkward relationships . . . Feels bound for book-club glory, due to its sheer readability * Entertainment Weekly * Fun is the operative word in Kiley Reids delectably discomfiting debut. The buzzed-about novel takes a thoroughly modern approach to the timeless upstairs-downstairs trope . . . This page-turner goes down like comfort food, but theres no escaping the heartburn * Vogue * A most perfect start to my 2020 reading adventures -- Sarah Jessica Parker Touching on race, class and white privilege, Kiley Reid's page-turner keeps you flipping to see what happens next * Marie Claire * A whip-smart, keenly observed and thought-provoking examination of privilege, race and gender * Daily Mail * Grapples with racism and nods to titans of literature . . . A vivid page-turner * Vanity Fair * The first time in a long time that I had a novel glued to my hands for two days. This so seldom happens to me. It is so good! So witty, so apposite to basically EVERYTHING going on right now, so touching and humane, just utterly phenomenal * Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist * A startling, razo

KILEY REID earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where she was awarded the Truman Capote Fellowship and taught creative writing with a focus on race and class. Such a Fun Age, her first book, was both a Sunday Times and a New York Times bestseller and was longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. She lives in Philadelphia. kileyreid.com | @kileyreid