A Little Bit Bad
$28.00
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
5 May 2026
Summary
Big Swiss meets All Fours in this dazzlingly wild, darkly funny debut about desire and obsession, motherhood and marriage, and the irresistible intoxication of blowing up your life.
Perdita Jungfrau thought she was going to be married to her husband forever, so falling in love with Nando, her ‘anarcho-Marxist’ handyman, is a crisis. Life seems to put every possible obstacle in their way: she’s pregnant, he has a girlfriend, he’s fifteen years younger, she’s terrified…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241792902 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241792908 |
| Author: | Cassandra Neyenesch |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Fig Tree |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 5 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 250mm x 153mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
So charismatic and confiding; I felt as if I’d found my new (and very bad) best friend * Eleanor Catton, author of Birnam Wood *
Structurally thrilling, viciously funny and subversive. Neyenesch’s magnetic narrator says the unsayable and thinks the unforgivable – and I would follow her anywhere. I adored every wicked page * Catherine Chidgey, author of The Book of Guilt *
Sexy, dangerous, shocking, funny - A Little Bit Bad Is to die for. The most fun you can have with a novel. Perdita is the best bitch in modern fiction yet the anti-heroine we all want and need in our lives * Rachel Johnson *
Wholly original and compulsively readable … fresh, dark, subversive and wildly compelling. I can’t stop thinking about it. Neyenesch turns the suspense genre on its head in the best way; I couldn’t get enough * Sophie Stava, author of Count My Lies *
Enthralling: a feisty true-crime obsessive’s erotic awakening in the canyons of California embroils her in her very own murder mystery. Pretty much the platonic-ideal beach read * Ada Calhoun, author of Crush *
A Little Bit Bad is a wild ride. Neyenesch has a totally original voice and a fresh perspective on life * Esther Walker *
The ripple effects of Miranda July’s hugely successful All Fours can be seen in several debuts this year that address sex, desire and monogamy. A Little Bit Bad by Cassandra Neyenesch concerns a woman who has an affair with her neighbour’s roofer * BBC – The 40 most exciting books to look forward to in 2026 *
Mordantly funny and perfectly pitched….Original and hilarious * Kirkus Reviews *
This darkly funny, slippery novel is a hoot to read and will please fans of Miranda July’s All Fours * The i Paper *
The narrative zips along and is full of wisdom on addiction, obsession, motherhood and marriage. Different and compelling * Daily Mail *
About The Author
Cassandra Neyenesch
Cassandra Neyenesch is a Brooklyn-based writer and curator whose reviews and cultural pieces have appeared in The Guardian, Brooklyn Rail, Huffington Post, Public Books, The International Herald Tribune, and Art in America.
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