The Echo Chamber

'Original, brilliant, inconceivable. It gives a reader new ears' Ali Smith

Luke Williams

Five years ago we were sent the long opening section of a novel-in-progress by debut author Luke Williams, and were so struck by its originality and confidence that we signed it up on the spot. Half a decade later, the novel is finished and we are thrilled to be launching it in the spring. It's like no other novel you will have read, as Ali Smith hints in her praise for it. Narrated by a woman called Evie with uncannily keen hearing (she could even hear in the womb) it is the story of a childhood in colonial Nigeria, of travels with a lover across America and of Evie's present-day efforts to record her life and adventures before her powers of listening fade completely . . .