The sexy, dazzling debut for summer
'Dangerously fun' New York Times
'Escapist' Vogue
'Explosive and sexy' People
Revolution has never looked so good...
As a sun-drenched Mediterranean summer heads into full swing, beautiful and pampered seventeen-year-old S verine Guimard is counting down the days until she can escape the island, dreaming of stardom while smoking cigarettes and seducing boys to pass the time.
That is, until three masked men tear her from her bike, duct tape her mouth and wrists, and take her somewhere hidden. While her politician parents try to negotiate for her release, S verine finds herself beginning to sympathise with her captors, and becoming attracted to the group's charismatic leader, Bruno.
What follows is a summer of passion and terror, careening toward an inevitable, explosive conclusion, as S verine steps into the biggest role of her life...
Readers love The Bombshell...
'Hooked from start to finish'
'Officially one of my favourite books'
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'Best read of the year'
About the Author
Darrow Farr is a Salvadoran-American writer. She was a Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University from 2017-2019 and received an MFA in Creative Writing from The Michener Center at the University of Texas. The Bombshell is her debut novel. She was born and raised outside of Philadelphia, where she now lives with her husband and son.