Gunk: A Novel
Saba Sams
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE âĸ An electrifying first novel from âa fresh new voice in fictionâ (Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest), the story of two women circling one anotherâworking side-by-side, sleeping with the same man, inching toward friendshipâuntil an unplanned pregnancy reveals the true nature of their connection.
Jules has been divorced from her ex-husband Leon for five years, but she still works with him at Gunk, the grotty student nightclub he owns in central Brighton. She spends her nights serving shots and watching, from behind the bar, as Leon flirts with students on the dancefloor. In the early hours of the morning, she trudges home to sleep alone. But then Leon hires eighteen-year-old Nim to work the bar with JulesâNim, with her shaved head and steady pour, her disarming sweetness and sudden distanceâand Jules finds herself jolted awake. When Nim discovers sheâs pregnant, Jules agrees to help. As the months pass, and the relationship between the two women grows increasingly intimate and perplexing, it emerges that Nim has her own unexpected gifts to give.
Now, alone in her small flat, Jules is holding a baby, just twenty-four-hours old, who still smells of Nim. But no one knows where Nim is, or if she's coming back. What could the futureâfor Jules, Nim, and this unnamed babyâpossibly look like?
Raw, surprising, tender and wise, Gunk is an exhilarating debut novel exploring love and desire, safety and destruction, chaos and controlâ and family in all its forms.
Jules has been divorced from her ex-husband Leon for five years, but she still works with him at Gunk, the grotty student nightclub he owns in central Brighton. She spends her nights serving shots and watching, from behind the bar, as Leon flirts with students on the dancefloor. In the early hours of the morning, she trudges home to sleep alone. But then Leon hires eighteen-year-old Nim to work the bar with JulesâNim, with her shaved head and steady pour, her disarming sweetness and sudden distanceâand Jules finds herself jolted awake. When Nim discovers sheâs pregnant, Jules agrees to help. As the months pass, and the relationship between the two women grows increasingly intimate and perplexing, it emerges that Nim has her own unexpected gifts to give.
Now, alone in her small flat, Jules is holding a baby, just twenty-four-hours old, who still smells of Nim. But no one knows where Nim is, or if she's coming back. What could the futureâfor Jules, Nim, and this unnamed babyâpossibly look like?
Raw, surprising, tender and wise, Gunk is an exhilarating debut novel exploring love and desire, safety and destruction, chaos and controlâ and family in all its forms.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE âĸ An electrifying first novel from âa fresh new voice in fictionâ (Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest), the story of two women circling one anotherâworking side-by-side, sleeping with the same man, inching toward friendshipâun...
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SABA SAMS has an MA in creative writing from Birkbeck, University of London. Her writing has appeared in Granta, The Stinging Fly, and The White Review. She was selected for Grantaâs Best of Young British Novelists in 2023 and The Sunday Timesâ Young Power List in 2025. She was raised in Brighton and now lives in London. Gunk is her first novel.
SABA SAMS has an MA in creative writing from Birkbeck, University of London. Her writing has appeared in Granta, The Stinging Fly, and The White Review. She was selected for Grantaâs Best of Young British Novelists in 2023 and The Sunday Timesâ Young Power List in 2025. She was raised in Brighton...
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