num_pages: 164
description: In her third novel, Riley charts the peculiar final reckoning of a highly charged romance, exploring the possibility of human connection as two young people try to reconcile themselves to all of life’s bad endings, and give some meaning to their mayfly existences.
language: English
title: Joshua Spassky
titlecomplete: Joshua Spassky
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 113
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Somerset Maugham Award
publisher: Jonathan Cape