Novels include tales of future gladiators and Vietnamese refugees, a Great War love story, a mystery thriller, and stories of generational trauma and the Troubles
The Waterstones debut fiction prize has shortlisted six first novels representing the “best of the future of fiction”.
The prize, now in its second year, is voted for by Waterstones booksellers and open to all debut fiction published in the UK. This year’s contenders include Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian novel Chain-Gang All-Stars, Colin Walsh’s small-town thriller Kala, and Alice Winn’s first world war love story In Memoriam.
