‘Deliciously funny’ Helen Oyeyemi‘Enormously entertaining’ Lionel Shriver‘Smart, brilliant … I love it so much!’ Joanna Cannon A wickedly caustic tale of a student who stumbles on a literary treasure. Anna Brisker is running out of ideas. Her PhD advisor thinks she’s a let-down, her fellow students see her as roadkill on the way to academic success and her family have just stopped asking when she’s going to get a real job.Then Anna Brisker stumbles on a rare notebook that could make her a literary sensation. If only she didn’t have to break the law to get it…Talent is a deliciously wry portrayal of a brittle and brilliant young woman, and a wicked lampooning of campus life.Anna Brisker, the best amateur detective, finds herself in the midst of a humorous mystery. This Jewish fiction is a testament to her sleuthing skills.For fans of Libby Page (The Lido), Tana French (The Searcher), Jessie Burton (The House of Fortune), Anna Hope (Expectation), and Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet).