The Trio

Sophisticated, mature and richly atmospheric, a debut novel about three young people navigating the risks and possibilities of intimacy

For fans of André Aciman, Deborah Levy and the Penguin European Writers series

'Smart, elegant and moving. [A] heady mix of hope and nostalgia, of desire and regret, of new love and lost love' Sunday Times

'Remarkably assured. Sharp, vividly imagined and affecting, [it] intrigues and captivates' Irish Times

'The love child of Normal People and Brideshead Revisited. Sublime and elegiac' Francesca Reece

Thora, August and Hugo come from different worlds - one an art school dreamer, one a wealthy scion of the old elite, and one an ordinary boy from out of town. But over the course of two sky-blue summers in Stockholm, they are drawn together magnetically.

The novel opens years later, when Hugo, long estranged from Thora and August, is visited by their daughter - who has questions about her parents which she believes Hugo can answer - and the memories of those luminous days come flooding back.

Modern yet timeless, poignant and euphoric, The Trio is a novel about the path not taken, the people we might have become, and the relationships which shape and haunt us long after they come to a close.


'An international success before even being published, The Trio is a novel that stands well above the hype. Elegiac, bittersweet, [with] the golden shimmer of nostalgia' Gefle Dagblad

'Mature and confident, delicate and eloquent, a study in intimacy. The Trio creates a greedy sensation within the reader of constantly wanting to pick up a book and read just a few more pages. Timeless and universal' Kult Magasin

'Johanna Hedman should definitely expect to win prizes' Upsala Nya Tidning

Translator: Kira Josefsson

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