Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski is a critically acclaimed novel selected for Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club 2024 and longlisted for the Polari Prize 2021. This affecting and unusual romance, hailed as a masterpiece by Attitude, explores love and survival under political scrutiny.

Set in Poland in 1980, the story follows the shy and anxious Ludwik, who meets the captivating Janusz at an agricultural camp. They share a dreamlike summer falling in love, but when they return to Warsaw, the intolerance and corruption of life under the Party force them to make difficult choices that ultimately tear them apart.

• Longlisted for the Polari Prize 2021.
• A Guardian Book of the Year.
• Selected for Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club 2024.
• Features an affecting and unusual romance at its core.
• Explores themes of love, survival, and societal pressure in 1980s Poland.

This is the 1st Edition paperback edition of the novel, written in English.

• Author: Tomasz Jedrowski
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication Date: February 18, 2021
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Print Length: 256 pages
• ISBN-13: 978-1526604989
• Dimensions: 126 x 18 x 196mm
• Weight: 1.05 kg (1050g)

Discover this remarkable, beautiful tale of human truths and sensuality from an author described as an authentic new international star.