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The Devil Book

by Asta Olivia Nordenhof

'Nordenhof's writing is electrifying' CHETNA MAROO

'A comet in Scandinavian literature' OLGA RAVN

A bold, lyrical and surprising novel about violence and money, love and desire, and a stand-off with the Devil himself


A woman meets a man on a train in Copenhagen and agrees to visit him in London. While she sits out a two-week Covid quarantine in his apartment, she begins to tell her story. Years ago and desperate for money, she sold herself to a stranger called T. He offered her a suitcase full of money and lavish gifts in exchange for total control of her body. In the bed between them lay a large kitchen knife and the promise of an iconic death.

But at the last moment, she aborted the treacherous game and fled. Now in London, she reflects on the forces - financial and social - that led her to the brink of destruction, and wonders what it would take to believe in love again.

Frank, intimate and dazzling entertaining, The Devil Book is a classic girl-meets-boy-meets-devil story. This unmissable stand-alone novel is the follow up to the critically-acclaimed Money to Burn.
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Pages:

128

Published:

2 Dec 2025

Format

Hardback

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Imprint

Jonathan Cape

ISBN:

9781787335189



'Nordenhof's writing is electrifying' CHETNA MAROO



'A comet in Scandinavian literature' OLGA RAVN

A bold, lyrical and surprising novel about violence and money, love and desire, and a stand-off with the Devil himself


A woman meets a man on a train in Copenhagen and agrees to visit him in London. While she sits out a two-week Covid quarantine in his apartment, she begins to tell her story. Years ago and desperate for money, she sold herself to a stranger called T. He offered her a suitcase full of money and lavish gifts in exchange for total control of her body. In the bed between them lay a large kitchen knife and the promise of an iconic death.

But at the last moment, she aborted the treacherous game and fled. Now in London, she reflects on the forces - financial and social - that led her to the brink of destruction, and wonders what it would take to believe in love again.

Frank, intimate and dazzling entertaining, The Devil Book is a classic girl-meets-boy-meets-devil story. This unmissable stand-alone novel is the follow up to the critically-acclaimed Money to Burn.
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