{"product_id":"9780008713058","title":"Bad Fiction","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Rebecca Sarah Ley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 February 2026 by Harpercollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e223 x 144 x 26 | 346g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stylish, seductive new novel from Rebecca Sarah Ley, winner of a Betty Trask Prize and the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A stylish and gripping take on the campus novel – witty, incredibly sharp, and compulsively readable' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'I loved it: a bleakly funny, off-kilter examination of the dynamics of power and attraction. I raced through it' Rebecca Wait, author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Sofie Muller can make you into a better writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That's why Alice and Walt are desperate to be in her creative writing class. She can spot talent and apply pressure, hone you – if you’re good enough, if you want it enough – into something more elegant, original, daring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Alice wants it. She wants Sofie's hand guiding hers to greatness, then the book deal, then the prizes and the plaudits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Still, there is gossip. Sofie will kill your darlings. Sofie will drive you too hard. Sofie’s boundary-pushing is not just professional, it is personal. By the time Alice realises the rumours may be true, is it too late to wriggle free? And if not, is it worth it to get what she always dreamed of?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e BAD FICTION is a timely, brilliant novel about fame and mentorship, betrayal and submission, from one of Britain’s brightest young writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56533506490754,"sku":"9780008713058","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780008713058.jpg?v=1775542964","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9780008713058","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}