**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE**
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026**
**A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION**
A GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT and NEW STATESMAN Book of the Year
'Slick, sharp, strange and singular . . . You'll gulp this novel down in one in-breath' SAMANTHA HARVEY, Booker Prize-winning author of Orbital
'A lightning bolt of a novel' FINANCIAL TIMES
'I'm not sure there's anyone better writing in America today' ALEX PRESTON, Observer
One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilising novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love
Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She's an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He's attractive, troubling, young - young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him? In this compulsively readable, brilliantly constructed novel, two competing narratives unspool, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day - partner, parent, creator, muse - and the truths every performance masks, especially from those who think they know us most intimately.
Taut and hypnotic, Audition is Katie Kitamura at her virtuosic best.
| ISBN: | 9781529937299 |
| Publication date: | 23rd April 2026 |
| Author: | Katie Kitamura |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 197 pages |
| Primary Genre | Literary Fiction |
| Other Genres: |
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE**
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026**
**A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION**
A GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT and NEW STATESMAN Book of the Year
'Slick, sharp, strange and singular . . . You'll gulp this novel down in one in-breath' SAMANTHA HARVEY, Booker Prize-winning author of Orbital
'A lightning bolt of a novel' FINANCIAL TIMES
'I'm not sure there's anyone better writing in America today' ALEX PRESTON, Observer
One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilising novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love
Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She's an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He's attractive, troubling, young - young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him? In this compulsively readable, brilliantly constructed novel, two competing narratives unspool, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day - partner, parent, creator, muse - and the truths every performance masks, especially from those who think they know us most intimately.
Taut and hypnotic, Audition is Katie Kitamura at her virtuosic best.
Audition features in the following genres: Literary Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Psychological thriller, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Interior life
Audition is available in Paperback, Hardback
Audition was written by Katie Kitamura and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Audition has 197 pages
£8.99
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