Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley

Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley

‘Tender as a ballad and pleasurable as a pop song, Deep Cuts is both a nostalgic romp into the indie sleaze era of the early aughts and a timeless love story of creative collaboration, competition and ambition’ Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters

'I absolutely loved Deep Cuts — clever and heart-wrenching and addictive, the kind of novel that grabs you in an instant and takes you reeling through its pages' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace

'I find it hard to remember the last time I found a novel so relatable and enjoyablePrepare to fall in love with Percy and Joe this spring' Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time

'An incredibly special book, one of the best I've read in a very long time. Moving, beautiful, rich with emotion, it's an epic love story and the story of a woman finding her creative power, all rolled into one' Beth O'Leary, author of The Flatshare

‘Warm, nostalgic, totally engrossing. I loved this novel’ Liz Moore, author of The God of the Woods

'Every writer knows the highest compliment is envy: I wish I'd written that. Holly Brickley's Deep Cuts is a joy: fizzy, moving, endlessly smart … So: I wish I'd written that. The other person I'm envious of is you, because you're about to read this deeply wonderful book for the first time' Claire Dederer, author of Monsters

‘A blockbuster of a novel. Cool, sexy, smart and pithy – this is the love story you’ve been waiting for’ Lucy Clarke, author of The Hike

‘It’s no surprise that several editors were devastated to miss out on winning this book at auction … it’s a must-read for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six and One Day’ RED

‘I’d never really identified with the phrase “screaming, crying, throwing up” before I read, and fell head over heels in love with this incredible novel … Can you tell I’m obsessed? I really think this is going to be huge’ The Bookseller, Book of the Month, March 2025

Holly Brickley studied English at UC Berkeley and received an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. Originally from Hope, British Columbia, she now lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and their two daughters. Deep Cuts is her debut novel.