John Lanchester returns with an exceptional black comedy
By Faber Editor, 29 October 2025
Faber has announced Look What You Made Me Do, the new novel from John Lanchester, his first since the Booker-longlisted The Wall eight years ago. Look What You Made Me Do is scheduled for publication in March 2026.
What if the year’s most talked about tv show was all about your marriage?
Kate, thirty years into her marriage, has a seemingly idyllic metropolitan, North London life. Phoebe, a young screenwriter, is the creator of the year’s hit tv show, Cheating.
When Kate’s world takes a darker turn, she thinks she sees details and intimacies in the show that only she and her husband Jack could possibly have known. But who has betrayed who? Who gets to tell whose story?
Alex Bowler said:
‘A black comedy of resentment and entitlement, Look What You Made Me Do is the story of two very different women from two very different generations, heading toward a battle only one of them can win. Faber is delighted, honoured and very excited to be publishing it.’
John Lanchester said:
‘It’s both a thrill and a privilege—a thrivelige, if you will—to be published by Faber for the eighth time. This novel is going to come out thirty years ago to the month from my first one. A lot of things have changed in the world and in publishing in that time, but the basic buzz of having a new book out is as vivid as ever.’
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From the bestselling author of Capital comes this blackly funny page-turner – think the scripts of Jesse Armstrong meet Notes on a Scandal.
About the Author
John Lanchester has written five novels, including The Debt to Pleasure, Capital and The Wall, a book of short stories, and four works of non-fiction. His novels have been translated into twenty-five languages and won several awards. He is a Contributing Editor at the London Review of Books and also writes for the New Yorker.
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