Will There Ever Be Another You

Lorde calls it “a zany vortex” she’s always happy to enter, while R. F. Kuang, author of Katabasis and Yellowface, describes it as her most anticipated book of the year, one that did not disappoint. Will There Ever Be Another You, from the author of No One Is Talking About This—winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the only book shortlisted for both the 2021 Booker Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction—is a phosphorescent, wild, and profound exploration of what keeps us alive in unprecedented times. The novel follows a young woman whose sense of self feels unmoored: time and memories pass straight through her body, she fears her own floorboards, and the lyrics of “What Is Love” loop endlessly in her ears. Writing, “I’m sorry not to respond to your email, but I live completely in the present now,” she navigates the slippery terrain between fiction and reality, where the possibility of human connection beckons from the other side, offering a chance for a blinding re-emergence into the world. Praised as “the voice of a generation” by Namita Gokhale, “a rare wonder” by Douglas Stuart, and a book that makes readers laugh like never before by David Sedaris, Lockwood’s novel is inventive, hilarious, and deeply moving, earning recognition as a Book of the Year from the Observer, GQ, and other leading publications.