Rosa Rankin-Gee: My Only Boy

The author of Dreamland returns with a tender, cinematic new novel. Just over a week after publication, Rosa Rankin-Gee comes to The Book Hotel for one of the very first public readings of My Only Boy.

It is Elle's job to manage disasters, and lately things have started to spin out of control. At work, the latest catastrophe has been live-streamed to the nation. A shock election sees an extreme-right coalition storm to power. Then, on a night so hot it feels like London's pavements are melting, she meets Ed.

Tender and cinematic, My Only Boy is both a once-in-a-lifetime love story and an uncompromising state-of-the-nation thriller, asking universal questions about desire, complicity and what happens when your sense of self collapses along with the world around you.

'It stuns both on the intimate, human level and in its wider canvas. I can’t stop thinking about it' (Lucy Foley).

Books will be available to buy on the night, and Rosa will be happy to sign copies after the reading. A glass of wine is included with your ticket. Doors open at 6.30pm; the reading begins at 7pm.

Please note that tickets are non-refundable.

Accessibility: Unfortunately due to the event space being part of a listed building it is not wheelchair accessible. There are two short flights of stairs leading up to The Waterloo Room.