Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘Certainly this kind of thing just happened sometimes – it was a glitch, an unfortunate error, and could happen to anyone.’ – Rostrum
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘It dawned on her, the fact sliding ice-cold into her body; now that she had crossed the border into her forties, Alma herself was no longer eligible for the scheme.’ – The Termite Queen
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘I followed him onto the dancefloor and he put his hands on my hips as if he’d known me for at least an hour.’ – Gunk
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘She rings a tiny cymbal over your body. She says, The experience is finished now.’ – Best Last Minute Spa Deal for Under £40
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘Without waiting for me she removes her white shirt. Each button a piece of my own spine, undone.’ – Mrs S
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘I don’t remember his face, nor him as a whole.’ – Kweku
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘If Wales win tonight, everything will turn out okay.’ – Wales
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘He was grumpy in a way that I enjoyed. It reassured me that he was easily displeased – he was discerning, I thought.’ – Circles
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘The monstrous years of my late teens lay lined up alongside the rest of my life like bullets in a gun.’ – Theories of Care
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘I register that phrase with pleasure, my brother.’ – A Note in the Margin
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘We were sent to Wakeley Boarding School aged eight for Year Five and stayed on until Year Twenty.’ – Ivor
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘The other islands in the archipelago had their active volcanoes; now we had the men.’ – Strangers at the Port
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘There was to be an exhibition. There were lots of pictures like his, apparently – of waiters, pastry cooks, valets, bellboys.’ – The Room Service Waiter
Best of Young British Novelists 2023 ‘I could hear the sea, and I could hear my own name.’ – She's Always Hungry
