Shortlisted for the National Book Award

Selected as Amazon.com’s Book of the Year

Chosen by Barack Obama as his favourite book of 2015

‘Fates and Furies is a lyrical and, at times, astonishingly beautiful account of how little it is possible to know about those closest to us’ Financial Times

‘A stunning achievement’ Independent

‘Engrossing’ Daily Mail

‘Enough betrayal, vengeance and sex to read like one of the Greek tragedies’ Observer

‘Absorbing and beautifully written’ Sunday Express

‘Groff’s lush writing has a compelling awareness of what is unsaid’ The Times

‘Addictive to read’ Stylist ****

'Rich, lyrical and rewarding' Paula Hawkins, Guardian (Books of the Year)

‘Sexy and achingly beautiful’ Good Housekeeping

‘There are echoes of Gone Girl in this vivid, poetic examination of a marriage that isn’t all it seems’ Glamour Magazine

‘Well written, emotional, bold…this is a brilliant read’ **** Closer Magazine

‘Electric’ The Big Issue

‘This is a novel that deserves its hype…. Brilliant’ Frost Magazine

‘There are two sides to every story and the author delivers both of them with brilliant authenticity. A must read.’ Town and Country Christmas list

‘Fates and Furies captures the vagaries of passion and marriage in ebullient prose.’ Independent – top 15 books in Fiction

‘Their story is a searing exploration of how far a person will go for love, loyalty and revenge’ Time ‘The best of culture 2015’

‘Lauren Groff has created something truly incredible’ CultureFly

‘[a] truly special novel … Somebody… described Groff’s work as Lorrie Moore meets Stephen King. I couldn't have put it better myself. If you haven't read her before, I'm delighted to take the credit for introducing you to one of your new favourite authors’ The Pool

‘An unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout’ New York Times

‘Thrillingly good’ James Wood, New Yorker

‘A clear-the-ground triumph’ Washington Post

ADVANCE QUOTES:

‘Groff [is] a bold and marvellous writer…Fates and Furies becomes a book to submit to, and be knocked out by, as I certainly was.’

Meg Wolitzer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings

‘Fates and Furies is a dazzling novel, its people and its prose wondrously alive from page one. At once intimate and sweeping, this is the story of a marriage as parallel myths-- flaring with passion and betrayal, with redemption and retribution, with the sort of heart-breaking, head-slapping secrets that make you want to seek out someone else who's read it. Lauren Groff is a powerful and graceful writer, one of the best of her generation.’

Jess Walter, New York Times-bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins

‘Fates and Furies is devastatingly good, with the most satisfying ending I've read in a long time. The writing is gorgeous, the plot twisting, and the characters are almost too real – the only thing that keeps it from being the Platonic ideal of a novel is that it can only be read for the first time once. The only response that seemed sufficient in the hours after finishing it was to send several dozen roses, a cake, and my heart to Lauren Groff.’

Sara Taylor, author of The Shore

‘Lauren Groff is an exciting young novelist, gifted with an elegant prose style and a narrative ambition as deep and as serious as the human mysteries she sets out to explore.’

Lorrie Moore