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Win, read and review ADVANCE copies of Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Crossing continents and juggling lives, Black Cake is a moving and powerful debut which spans sixty years in the life of one Caribbean/American family. It is also soon soon to be a major Hulu series produced by Oprah!

Michael Joseph is offering early copies to reading groups to review. The book is published in February 2022. Apply by Wednesday 22 December.

‘An extremely assured debut which pulls in threads and echoes from across the Caribbean diaspora to deliver a rich, complex and really satisfying novel’ – Alison Finch, BBC Radio 4

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