The Bombshell

'Sexy, kinetic, dazzling... Unforgettable'

Darrow Farr

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Atlantic
10 June 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense; Adult & contemporary romance; Fiction: special features

Corsica, 1993. Seventeen-year-old Séverine Guimard knows in her heart that it's only a matter of time before she'll escape this provincial island for Hollywood's glimmering lights. Until then, she'll spend her days listening to ""What is Love"" on her Walkman, smoking cigarettes, and riding her bike at dusk along the picturesque roads that wind around her parents' gated villa.

That is until three masked men emerge from an idling car, tear her from her bike, duct tape her mouth and wrists, and take her somewhere hidden from prying eyes...

Séverine's face will be plastered all over newspapers and TV, but not for the reason you think.

How does one kidnapped young woman become the face of a revolution?

By: Darrow Farr
Imprint: Atlantic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Export/Airside
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781805462620
ISBN 10: 1805462628
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 10 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Darrow Farr was a Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University. Publications include short stories in StoryQuarterly and the Saints and Sinners Festival Anthology. She was a finalist for UT's Keene Prize for Literature and UCLA Extension's James Kirkwood Literary Prize. Salvadorian American, she was born and raised outside of Philadelphia and now lives in Miami.

Reviews for The Bombshell: 'Sexy, kinetic, dazzling... Unforgettable'

""A lush, cinematic and propulsive novel filled with sex, violence, glamor and a true revolutionary spirit. It's a towering literary achievement. The Bombshell is certain to be the debut of the year, a true must-read."" -- Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner