I loved this book -- Zadie Smith

'Tom Crewe inhabits the minds, lives and bodies of his visionary late-nineteenth century characters with almost eerie precision and intensity. The result is subtle, sexy and beautifully crafted - a wonderful book' - Sarah Waters

'Clever and kind, The New Life is a book of wonderful generosity and compassion' - Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam

It is a pleasure to discover a young novelist with such a wise sensibility - and also, one who can construct such convincing characters. - Sunday Times

This is a corker... one of the literary debuts of the year - The Times, *Books to Look Out For 2023*

'Extraordinary in its depiction of reform and liberalism in Britain in the late-1800s' - Jonathan Bailey, star of Bridgerton

The New Life is filled with nuance and tenderness, steeped in the atmosphere of late nineteenth century London, a world on the brink of social and sexual change. Tom Crewe's brilliant novel dramatizes the relationship between the visionary and the brave, charting the lives of men and women who inspired not only political progress but an entire new way of living and loving. -- Colm Tóibín

'A beautifully written debut set in Victorian London... some of the best writing on desire I've read' - Douglas Stuart

[Tom Crewe is] a very fine new writer -- Kate Atkinson

Electrifying. Tom Crewe's forensic love of the physical puts the body back into history and makes the past a living, changing place -- Anne Enright