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ONE OF GRANTA MAGAZINE''S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION, THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR THE PANOPTICON and THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2021''One of the most stunning literary experiences I''ve had in years'' Irvine Welsh''Dazzlingly ambitious'' Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain''A gloriously transgressive novel'' Ian Rankin1910, Edinburgh. Jessie, the devil''s daughter, arrives on the doorstep of an imposing tenement building and knocks on a freshly painted wooden door. She has been sent by her father to bear a child for a wealthy couple, but, when things go wrong, she places a curse on the building and all who live there - and it lasts a century. Caught in the crossfire are the residents of 10 Luckenbooth Close, and they all have their own stories to tell. While the world outside is changing, inside, the curse creeps up all nine floors and through each door. Soon, the building''s longest kept secret - the truth of what happened to Jessie - will finally be heard.