Casualties of Truth

First published 2025 · debut

Reception

Mostly positive. 6 of 7 critics were positive or better.

Rave 3 · Positive 3 · Mixed 1 · Pan 0

“Piercing and provocative … Illuminating … Frank and unnerving … She pushes her characters to the edge, where they must confront the moral costs of their darkest desires.”

The Boston Globe · Nadia Owusu · Rave

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“Deft … Clever … The narrative is let down by characterization that either lacks complexity or congruency. For example, Matshediso feels two-dimensional: His moments of humanity are brief and short-lived.”

The San Francisco Chronicle · Syma Mohammed · Mixed
“A brutal history lesson in the guise of a thriller. The novel is taut and deftly plotted”

The New York Times Book Review · Violet Kupersmith · Rave

Lauren Francis-Sharma, United States.

Grove/Atlantic, 2025 · 272 pages

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Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026