FICTION Hot Milk Deborah Levy Penguin €11.99

Sofia, a young anthropologist who has never quite come to terms with being abandoned by her father, travels with her domineering mother to Spain in search of a mystery cure. The sought-after remedy is for the mother’s mysterious, debilitating disease – spontaneous paralysis has put her in a wheelchair – but could it be Sofia herself who is in need of help? A complex, slow-burning book that delves into questions of identity.