The Bombshell

Revolution has never looked so good...'Heady and reckless and dangerously fun' New York Times'Sexy, kinetic, dazzling' Chang-rae Lee'Filled with sex, violence and glamour' Adam JohnsonCorsica, 1993. As a sun-drenched Mediterranean summer heads into full swing, beautiful and brash seventeen-year-old Séverine Guimard is counting down the days until graduation, dreaming of stardom while smoking cigarettes and seducing boys in her class to pass the time. The pampered French-American daughter of a politician, Séverine knows she's destined for bigger things.

A lush, cinematic and propulsive novel filled with sex, violence, glamor and a true revolutionary spirit. It's a towering literary achievement

― Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize winner

An electrifying exploration of personal and political revolution, The Bombshell is a complex, unflinching portrait of youthful transformation and the dangerous allure of fame that announces Darrow Farr as an exciting new voice to watch ― Gabriela Garcia, New York Times bestselling author of Of Women and Salt

What a sexy, kinetic and dazzling novel this is, full of lust for life and ideas and the fecund dreams of youth. I was completely seduced by the brio of its unlikely revolutionary hero.... An amazing, unforgettable novel ― Chang-rae Lee, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of My Year Abroad

The Bombshell will explode into your psyche and keep you happily captive until the last word. Farr's complicated heroine, by turns overconfident and touchingly vulnerable, will force you to constantly reassess your convictions. I didn't want this fascinating, nuanced, beautifully drawn novel to end. ― Emma Knight, New York Times bestselling author of The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus