From the author of Herc, a Waterstones Best Book of the Year
‘Particularly skilled in evoking the strangeness and contradictoriness of Greek myths’ Sunday Times
‘A joyful exploration of one woman’s quest for home, power, identity and ultimately, freedom from fate. A genuine pleasure to read!’ Clare North, author of Ithaca
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award
Waterstones best book of the year 2023
‘A remarkable feat of storytelling’ Rosie Hewlett
The Princess and the Prick is a feminist humour and gift book for adults.
‘A glittering rush of sugar-sweet enchantment’ Stephanie Garber, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Curse for True Love
‘It’s fabulous, we should all have copies’ Simon Mayo, Scala Radio
‘A glorious love story, a spellbinding fable’ Adele Parks
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‘What some might call beauty, I find monstrous’
