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Hannah Westland, publishing director at Jonathan Cape, an imprint at Vintage, Penguin Random House, has acquired The Party, a new novella by Tessa Hadley.
Westland acquired British Commonwealth rights from Caroline Dawnay at United Agents. North American rights have been acquired by Jennifer Barth at Knopf. The New Yorker will run the first section of the novella in its 1st July edition. The Party will publish in the UK in November 2024.
Set in post-war Bristol, in this novella of two young women coming of age, Hadley explores the ever-changing desires, the sudden revelations and the lasting mysteries that are bound up with who we are, and who we might become.
Westland said: "What an extraordinary treat we have been given by Tessa Hadley, a perfect novella to publish in time for Christmas. Taking place over the course of a few days in deep midwinter and following the lives of two sisters as they turn towards adult freedom, this book is a distillation of everything that is exceptional about Tessa’s work; the magnetic and intimate evocation of time and place, superb characterisation, moral ambiguity, the allures and perils of desire. She is one of the great contemporary writers and we know this new book will delight her existing fans and win her many new ones."