The Panopticon: The dazzling debut from the Gordon Burn Prize-winning author

A GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST AND WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION AND THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE

'One of the most cunning and spirited novels I've read for years'
ALI SMITH

'Knocked the breath out of me'
OBSERVER

'Glorious, unforgettable'
THE TIMES

Fifteen-year-old Anais Hendricks is smart, funny and fierce, but she has also been let down by every adult she has ever met. Sitting in the back of a police car, she finds herself headed for The Panopticon, a home for chronic offenders where the social workers are as suspicious as its residents. But Anais can't remember the events that have led her there, or why she has blood on her school uniform...

Bold, brave and joyous, Jenni Fagan's critically acclaimed debut is a masterful depiction of systematic failure and one girl's fight back.

'An astonishing debut'
JACKIE KAY

'Ferocious and devastating'
ELEANOR CATTON

'A true literary masterpiece'
EMMA JANE UNSWORTH

'Startlingly accomplished'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'Simply unforgettable'
THE SCOTSMAN

'Confident, deftly wrought, compelling'
FINANCIAL TIMES