*A NEW WRITING NORTH MUST READ TITLE* `Excellently paced, insightfully created, and with moments of genuine genius, The Intimates is an opulently written, high concept piece which explores the psychology of human relationships. Mankowski has a timeless style- highly polished and brilliantly evocative.' —A.J. Kirby, reviewer for The New York Journal of Books. 'A clever conceit and a compelling narrative.' —Edward Stourton, BBC Radio 4. `The Intimates is a measured, literary piece of work as hauntingly evocative of its setting and characters as Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer prize winner Housekeeping.' —Abigail Tarttelin, bestselling author of Golden Boy.