Endling

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 GORDON BURN PRIZE • Named A Best Book of 2025 by The Globe and Mail • The New Yorker • CBC • Indigo • Publishers Weekly • The Irish Times • Good Housekeeping • The Observer • The Guardian • The Boston Globe A stunning debut novel by a writer who is “bang-on brilliant” (Miriam Toews), about a biologist in Ukraine battling to save the country’s snail species from the brink of extinction on the eve of the Russian invasion. A darkly comic novel exploring survival, love, and the impact of war. “Funny and smart. This is essential reading.” —Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Tom Lake “This novel turns corners and tables. I love works that are smarter than I am, and this is one.” —Percival Everett, auth