My Heavenly Favourite

'It's been a long time since a book has destroyed me like this. ' Max Porter. 'Obsessed me from the first line. ' Daisy Johnson. 'I'm in awe. ' Brandon Taylor. In the tempestuous summer of 2005, a local veterinarian becomes enraptured by a 14-year-old farmer's daughter - his 'favourite' - as he tends her father's cows. This deeply troubled soul is our narrator: a man who believes he offers the object of his love a tantalizing path out of the constrictions of her conservative rural life, a chance to escape to a world of fantasy. But the obsessive reliance he cultivates builds into a terrifying trap, with a crime and confession at the heart of it that threatens to rip their small community apart. 'Mesmerising. A singular, deeply discomforting talent. ' Financial Times. 'An extraordinary literary achievement. ' Telegraph. 'I was floored by this novel. Unholy brilliance. ' Observer. 'A unique creation and a tour de force of transgressive imagination. ' Guardian (Book of the Day).