'Supplication is as visceral and gripping as an actual nightmare, but also teeming with wisdom about selfhood and trauma.' – Ainslie Hogarth, author of Motherthing 'A highly sophisticated philosophical exploration of identity propelled by a surreal sense of the interconnectedness of random events. – Kerry Hadley-Pryce, author of God's Country 'There, within the suddenness of the unending present, I was born.' An unnamed narrator comes to in a basement, tied to a chair, a man looming over her. Someone has a knife. She emerges from her captivity into a mysterious and nightmarish city, searching for meaning in her new reality. As figures emerge from the night, some offering sanctuary, and others judgement, she moves through a fever-dream narrative of alienation, fear, and the quest for respite. Nour Abi-Nakhoul's powerful debut novel, Supplication, is a hallucinatory literary horror set deep in the consciousness of a woman exploring a changed and frightening world.