**Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024**
From one kiss comes a chain reaction - a masterpiece of memoir from the winner of the Baillie Gifford and the Booker prize
-Extraordinary- Sarah Perry
-Masterpiece- Colm T-ib-br>-Wholly original. I absolutely loved it- David Nicholls
-A brilliant, brilliant book- James Rebanks
By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West-s affair, through 1930s nuclear physics, to Flanagan-s father working as a slave labourer near Hiroshima, this chain of events culminates in a young man finding himself trapped in a rapid on a wild river, not knowing if he is to live or to die-
-The strangest and most beautiful memoir I-ve ever read. Magnificent'' Tim Winton
-Flanagan-s finest book... A brilliant meditation on the past of one man and the history that coalesced in his existence- Guardian
-Flanagan-s portrayal of his quiet, brave father and his loving, resilient mother is exquisite. His evoca
