Lamb

A devastatingly convincing portrait of abuse . . . Add in pitch-perfect dialogue and this utterly assured, high stakes, high-wire act of a novel is proof that Nadzam is a very special talent indeed. * Daily Mail *
This daring, disturbing first novel imagines the friendship of a child and an older man … [and] flirts with the possibility that such relationships might not always have dire consequences … This is a fiction of striking distinction. * Independent *
Nadzam reveals Lamb: a damaged, destructive man … a haunting creation, to be both pitied and despised. * Sunday Telegraph *
This is a brilliantly unsettling read that casts a dark, manipulative spell – particularly against the gorgeously described backdrop of the American West. * Marie Claire *
Bonnie Nadzam manages to write gorgeous prose about people and skies and mountains while still creating tension and suspense on the level of a thriller ... Lamb is a remarkable debut by a writer to watch. I will be thinking about these characters for a long time. -- Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake