Yellowface by R.F. Kuang - Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

‘Hugely entertaining’ Observer

‘Provocative’ Mail on Sunday

THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY.

IT’S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL.

When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity… and takes it.

So what if it means stealing Athena’s final manuscript?

So what if it means ‘borrowing’ her identity?

And so what if the first lie is only the beginning…

Finally, June has the fame she always deserved. But someone is about to expose her…

What happens next is entirely everyone else's fault.

‘The book that everyone is talking about’ Glamour

‘Ingenious, astute, hugely entertaining’ David Nicholls

‘Breathtakingly clever on jealousy, talent, success, and who gets to tell which story’ Elizabeth Day

‘Hard to put down. Harder to forget’ Stephen King

R.F. Kuang’s book Yellowface was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23

R.F. Kuang’s book Yellowface was a #5 New York Times bestseller w/c 04-06-23

Rebecca F Kuang's book 'Yellowface' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2023-05-22.

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Review

‘Propulsive’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Razor-sharp’ TIME

‘Blistering’ SCOTSMAN

‘I guarantee it will stay with you’ AFUA HIRSCH

‘Strikingly topical’ GUARDIAN

‘Scathing, spiky, and full of laugh-out-loud moments’ GLAMOUR

‘A rollicking good read’ WOMAN’S WEEKLY

‘Sharp and funny’ PRIMA

‘Wickedly funny’ EVENING STANDARD

‘A firecracker of a book’ i PAPER

‘A riot’ PANDORA SYKES

‘Darkly hilarious’ MARIE CLAIRE

‘Uncomfortable and addictive… a must-read’ INDEPENDENT

‘Tackles cancel culture and cultural appropriation with razor-sharp wit’ LOUISE O’NEILL

‘A clever, pacy tale’ SARA PASCOE

'Tense, modern… a brilliant exploration of the literary world' AISLING BEA

‘Darkly comic’ GQ

‘A wild ride’ STYLIST

‘A wicked little satire of publishing, racial politics and icky internet culture’ THE TIMES, Best Summer Reads

‘Utterly diverting’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Unforgettable’ WOMAN & HOME

'Bright and witty and sly… fabulous' RUSSELL T DAVIES

‘A spiky, snarky, shady, smart, sinister take on white privilege’ NIKKI MAY

‘Incisive and compelling… sweeps the reader up on a thrilling ride, but leaves us thinking about the questions raised for days’ JENNIFER SAINT

‘This acute, fast-paced thriller will have literary insiders nodding in recognition and outsiders gasping in shock’ THE BOOKSELLER

‘Not since Martin Amis’s The Information has the venality, self-regard and absurdity of the writing life been so gloriously skewered’ THE CRITIC

‘Once you start, you won’t be able to put it down’ HEAT

‘Well-observed and alarmingly convincing’ DAILY MAIL

'Remarkable and incendiary' WIZ WHARTON

'A dark, engrossing page-turner’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

From the Back Cover

Athena Liu is a literary darling. Juniper Hayward is literally nobody. White lies When Athena dies in a freak accident, Juniper steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name June Song. Dark humour But as evidence threatens Juniper’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. Deadly consequences… What happens next is entirely everyone else’s fault.

About the Author

Rebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, Chinese-English translator, and the Astounding Award-winning and the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of the Poppy War trilogy and the forthcoming Babel. Her work has won the Crawford Award and the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.