The Anomaly

Buckle your seatbelts, as Hervé le Tellier takes you on an extraordinary ride . You won't want to put this book down until the very last page!

Buckle your seatbelts, as Hervé le Tellier takes you on an extraordinary ride . You won't want to put this book down until the very last page!

Wow, what an exciting, original blend of theory and heart . It's astonishing. I can't describe it, except to say: read it, and prepare for a whole new perspective on your own existence - and plane travel

A mind-bending, prize-winning speculative thriller

A good idea, elegantly executed

A funny, smart thriller that surfs the Zeitgeist with typical elan

A really intriguing novel

The Anomaly is one and ten novels at once, brilliantly connecting every mystery of intimacy with the great mystery of humanity

It's a phenomenal read . I loved how it tied together. So clever yet also so gripping

This high-concept SF thriller is enormous fun : a French prize winner spiced with Oulipian theory and literary in-jokes, riddling away at existential questions in the guise of a breakneck page-turner'

Amusing, affecting, effervescent

Hervé le Tellier (Author)
Hervé Le Tellier is a writer, journalist, mathematician, food critic, and teacher. Since 1992, he has been a member of the prestigious and experimental Oulipo group of writers and mathematicians, who work to push against the boundaries of form and structure.

At the age of 64, with a decades-long career and several novels, essay and short story collections to his name, The Anomaly is his breakout hit. In 2020, it was awarded the prestigious Prix Goncourt, and has sold over a million copies.

Adriana Hunter (Translator)
Adriana Hunter has translated more than one hundred books, and has won or been shortlisted for numerous translation prizes, most recently as the runner-up for the 2024 Scott Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Hervé Le Tellier’s The Anomaly . She lives in Kent, England.