The Trio

A smart, elegant and moving novel, all the more impressive for it being Johanna Hedman's debut... The stylish emotional distance of Normal People * The Times *
Sharp, vividly imagined and affecting in a way that both intrigues and captivates * Irish Times *
Fans of Sally Rooney will adore this excellent novel, which has garnered rave reviews * The Bookseller *
The Trio is like the love child of Normal People and Brideshead Revisited. A sublime and elegiac meditation on love, intimacy, freedom and jealousy, it elegantly explores the gulf between our interior lives and the personas we perform - and between ourselves and other people. Hedman's writing (and Josefsson's stunning translation) is staggeringly beautiful. Vivid, effortless, and perceptive to a molecular degree -- Francesca Reece, author of 'Voyeur'
Delicate and beguiling... The Trio spans from Berlin to London to Paris as the [characters] continually renegotiate who they each are to each other, questions of ownership and privilege floating in the background of summers which feel both fleeting and endless * Esquire *

An international success before even being published, The Trio is a novel that stands well above the hype... Elegiac, bittersweet, [with] the golden shimmer of nostalgia, it is a story about big emotions

* Gefle Dagblad *

Mature and confident, delicate and eloquent, a study in intimacy . . . Timeless and universal

* Kult Magasin *
Full of verve, nostalgia, longing and the claustrophobic euphoria of being in the world with the people you love, this gorgeous novel whisks you along with it; you have no choice but to gratefully follow -- Lara Williams, author of 'Supper Club'

Vigorous and vivid, wistful and engaging. Johanna Hedman should definitely expect to win prizes

* Upsala Nya Tidning *

An acute, eloquent and bittersweet debut... There may be an August Prize nomination!

* Femina *
An unusual debut, confident and intriguing, [by] a mature and gifted writer. The implicit nostalgia works its magic [in this] story of the time when life first gains colour and shape * Expressen *

The ending leaves a stinging sensation [asking] questions of what really becomes important in hindsight, what we remember and how we remember it, and, not least why we become who we are as a consequence of our choices

* SR Kulturnytt *

Stylishly and elegantly composed

* Göteborgs-Posten *

How on earth is it possible that Johanna Hedman is a debutant? It feels as if I've seen the future of Swedish writing

-- Alex Schulman, author of 'The Survivors'

An absolutely fantastic debut novel

-- Fredrik Backman, author of 'A Man Called Ove'