A Little Life

Over one million copies sold
Too many broken hearts to count
The 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

‘A book unlike any other’ – The Guardian
''This novel challenged everything I thought I knew about love and friendship’ – Dua Lipa

This exclusive 10th anniversary edition features artwork by acclaimed artists RF. Alvarez and Linus Borgo, painted in response to the book, as well as a Q&A with the author.

When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they''re broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor. JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world. Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm. And withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity.

Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself. By midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he''ll not only be unable to overcome – but that will define his life forever.

Winner of Fiction of the Year at the British Book Awards
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the Women''s Prize
Finalist for the US National Book Award for Fiction