Something Wonderful

A Most Anticipated Book of August at The Millions

From the Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award

"Jo Lloyd has drawn out all the intensity and latent power of short fiction. . . . A major talent." Hilary Mantel

"Her sentences could rouse the dead (and do, in this excellent book)." Karen Russell

In Something Wonderful, prize-winning author Jo Lloyd has crafted nine stories that delight in language and shine with wit, wisdom, and deep humanity. Whether seeking knowledge, riches, or a better life, the characters in this debut collection are united by a quest for lasting value, as they ask how we should treat our world, our work, our selves, and each other in both past and present. A vainglorious mine owner dreams of harnessing all of nature to the machinery of commerce. Two women hunt rare butterflies in a pre-First World War landscape already...