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Wonderkin
  • Published: 22 April 2027
  • ISBN: 9781405997485
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $32.00

Wonderkin

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22 Apr 2027
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From a PEN/Faulkner finalist, a heartrending speculative novel about love and family in an era when humanity falters

When Charles wakes in the night to find a humanoid machine named Saul trying to break into his home, he is more bemused than terrified.

The city is filled with these ‘models’. Originally designed for service, they now roam freely as part of a controversial government initiative to create the illusion of a populated world. As a father of two, Charles does not have much time for politics; tomorrow is his twin sons' tenth birthday, and he wants nothing more than to give them one perfect day. But here is Saul, inexplicably asking for Charles’ help, and it becomes impossible to turn him away.

As the pair embark on a haphazard mission, the trappings of family, work, driverless cars, AI death cults, and a mysterious company named WonderKin begin to collide. It soon becomes clear that Saul is not who he says he is – but neither is Charles.

Written with humour and grace, Colin Winnette’s indelible story lights the way forward, guiding readers through the strange new world already taking shape around us.
  • Published: 22 April 2027
  • ISBN: 9781405997485
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $32.00
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About the author

Colin Winnette

Colin Winnette is the author of several books, including Pen/Faulkner Finalist Users and Dazed and Confused, a minute-by-minute analysis of the acclaimed Richard Linklater film. He was the winner of Les Figues' NOS Book Contest, and his work has been recognized by The Believer Book Award, CSU Poetry Center's First Book Award, the Wabash Fiction Prize, and the Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Fiction. He is originally from Denton, Texas and currently lives in San Francisco.
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Praise for Wonderkin

[On Users] Full of the unique absurdity, dark humor, and character insight that make Colin Winnette's work such a joy

Jeff Vandermeer

[On Users] Winnette captures the anxiety and paranoia of the current age in a tale that will have you ripping through the pages. Haunting, clever, witty, terrifying, moving; reader, I loved it

Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of LESS

[On Users] In gripping prose and disturbingly sharp focus, Colin Winnette presents us with a not-too-distant future where technology and selfhood have become completely entangled

Hernan Diaz, Pullitzer Prize-winning author of TRUST

[On Users] Told in refreshingly unadorned prose that lets Winnette's characters and ideas shine . . . a timeless and moving story

Jessamine Chan, The New York Times Book Review

Wonderkin grabs hold of you and never lets go. Big-hearted, unflinching, and wholly original, this is a book that fearlessly plumbs the depths of human consciousness and reminds us how important we are to each other. No one writes like Colin Winnette

Kate Folk, author of SKY DADDY

As suspenseful, gripping, and immersive as it is humane and compassionate, Wonderkin is a powerful novel of fatherhood for our near-dystopian era of AI agents and hyperreality. Readers will fall in love with Charles and his sons as they navigate the hazy boundaries between the human and the machine, searching for new forms of connection in a perilous, alienating world. A stunning work of imagination

Bruce Holsinger, bestselling author of CULPABILITY

An ingenious, moving, hypnotic, and perfectly executed novel about love in a time of technological ferment. Colin Winnette’s speculative world feels more real than real life itself

Karan Mahajan, author of THE COMPLEX

Wonderkin is an absolute marvel of a novel - speculative and intimate, emotionally generous and intellectually alive. I couldn't stop turning this book's pages until I reached the last one, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since

Isaac Fitzgerald, New York Times bestselling author of AMERICAN RAMBLER

Fans of Ted Chiang and Emily St. John Mandel, don’t miss Wonderkin

People Magazine