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Orange Laughter

By: Leone Ross
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jamal Henderson
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'Powerful.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'[Ross] is a master of detail.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
'A literary rollercoaster.' PEOPLE
'Chillingly real . . . unforgettable.' BOOKLIST

From a singular voice: a gripping and deeply moving story of grief and memory.

1990s New York: Tony Pellar - a man of former style and fading beauty - now lives in the subway tunnels. From this place of darkness, Tony fights for his sanity as his mind overflows with memories of Agatha, a woman he calls the Soul Snatcher.

Following the lost thread of his life story back to 1960s North Carolina, Ross unravels a tangle of hurt and lies with two interconnected tales: that of Mikey, his wealthy childhood best friend, and of Agatha - a complex woman with a heart full of painful secrets.

Orange Laughter is a story of old prejudice and shattered innocence, and a vivid reminder of the importance of storytelling as a way to heal individual and collective memory.

©2025 Leone Ross (P)2025 Faber & Faber Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt
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Beautiful language and characters that lived off the page. A story that will stay with me for a long time.

Masterful storytelling

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