Pan Macmillan Ply

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust turns to the future with a novel that examines the place of technology in our collective imagination.Centuries from now, an orphan adrift in an American city grows up to become a pincher.Stealing electricity from the grid to power the downtown music scene she adores is a risky occupation, and the city she moves through is dangerous.Soon, she is drawn into a paranoid maze where her closest friends and even her own identity are put into question – all while following a thread leading to a scientific experiment that could change the fabric of reality itself. Set in a future filled with both uncertainty and promise, Ply is a powerfully humane novel that interrogates the role of technology in a deeply changed society.A gripping quest for truth at the dawn of a new era, it charts the boundaries of selfhood, and the distance that stands between us and those we love. Praise for Hernan Diaz's Trust:'[A] complex and thrilling book . . . I was obsessed and you might just be too' - Dua Lipa'Brilliant' – The Telegraph'Fascinating . . . unpredictable, clever and massively enjoyable' – Sunday Times'What a radiant, profound and moving novel' - Lauren Groff, author of Matrix'Hugely entertaining' - Financial Times'Genius' – The Observer'Enthralling' – Daily Mail'Glints with wonder and knowledge and mystery' - Rachel Kushner, Booker Prize shortlisted author of Creation Lake'Exhilarating' – Vogue