Gliff by Ali Smith

Winner of the Dublin Literary Award 2026
 
Once upon a time, not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint round the outside of their house . .

. So begins the freewheeling and urgent new novel from Ali Smith – the story of two young people and a horse called Gliff, on the run from history as it takes a turn for the worse.
 
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‘Miraculous . . . tender, hilarious and ultimately uplifting. A ray of hope’ - Paul Murray, Irish Times
 
 ‘A voice that moves with lightness and precision, where bravery and goodness triumph in spirit over jeopardy and fear’ - Financial Times
 
‘One of Smith’s most propulsive stories – a dark adventure with high stakes, which is still a sparklingly crisp read.  A new Ali Smith book is always an event’ -  Holly Williams,