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The Catch

by Yrsa Daley-Ward

First published 2025

What the critics said

All 4 reviews on Book Marks

Rave reviews. 4 of 4 critics gave a rave.

  • Rave 4
  • Positive 0
  • Mixed 0
  • Pan 0

  • “A rich and risky text … Creat[es] an unreliable but fascinating relationship to reality … A deliciously slippery conundrum”

    The New York Times Book Review · Danez Smith · Rave

  • “Daley-Ward ventured into the world of fiction and created a genre of her own”

    Booklist · Enobong Tommelleo · Rave

  • “Elegant and unpredictable in the best possible way … Inventive … Daley-Ward explores the tension between the twins beautifully”

    Kirkus · Rave

Prizes

  1. 2025
    Goldsmiths Prize
    Shortlist

About the author

Yrsa Daley-Ward, born 1989, United Kingdom.

Subjects

Catalogue record

Author
Daley-Ward, Yrsa, 1989–
Statement
The Catch / Yrsa Daley-Ward.

Book facts

Publisher
Liveright Publishing, a division of W. W. Norton, 2025
Pages
336
ISBN
978-1-324-09251-3
2 more ISBNs
  • 978-1-5299-2365-0
  • 978-1-5299-2364-3
Editions
3 English editions
  • Penguin Random House, 2025, 352 pages 978-1-5299-2365-0
  • Penguin Random House, 2025, 352 pages 978-1-5299-2364-3
  • Liveright Publishing, a division of W. W. Norton, 2025, hardcover, 336 pages 978-1-324-09251-3
Records
Open Library

Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026

Goldsmiths Prize 2025 shortlist

Same country and decade

United Kingdom · 2020s