![]() ![]() There he meets a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret a homeless philosopher-poet and his very own Book, who narrates Benny’s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter. ![]() So Benny seeks refuge in the silence of a large public library. Then his mother develops a hoarding problem, and the voices grow more clamorous. ![]() The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad. Īfter the tragic death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. When a book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it. WINNER OF THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 Published by CANONGATE BOOKS LTD in the United Kingdom Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 ![]()
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