ABOUT
THE BOOK
THE HYPOCRITE
BY JO HAMYA

What happens when we stop idolising the generations above us? Stop idolising our own parents? What happens when we become frightened of the generations below us? Frightened of our own children? From the author of Three Rooms, this is a novel about a father and a daughter, about generational divides and whether one should bite one’s tongue out of love.

JO HAMYA

Jo Hamya was born in London, in 1997. She has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, and the Guardian, among others. Her debut novel Three Rooms was published by Jonathan Cape and Mariner books in 2021.

Photography © Marc Sethi

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