From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Adults and Animals comes Slags, a hilarious and compelling novel exploring identity, history, and the quest for adventure. This paperback edition features the latest work from acclaimed author Emma Jane Unsworth.

• "Compulsive and hilarious, like a brilliant gossip with your best friend. Emma Jane Unsworth is my favourite" - Sara Pascoe
• "Her best yet – funny, gritty, delightfully feral and, as ever, painfully truthful" - DOLLY ALDERTON
• "An amazing writer" - MARGOT ROBBIE
• "A riotous road trip… Thelma and Louise in a campervan" - GUARDIAN

The novel asks: Once a slag, always a slag? Set partly in the 1990s, the story follows Sarah at age 15, obsessed with sex, Malibu, and her teacher, Mr Keaveney. Fast forward to Sarah at 41, the last of the party girls whose nights out are losing their appeal. Craving adventure, she embarks on a whisky-fuelled campervan trip across Scotland with her sister Juliette. As they travel, they confront the dark corners of each other’s history, challenging whether the things that once defined them must define them forever.

• Literary Fiction from Sunday Times Bestselling Author Emma Jane Unsworth.
• Explores themes of identity, friendship, and confronting the past.
• Features a road trip narrative across Scotland.
• Published by The Borough Press.

• Author: Unsworth, Emma Jane
• Binding: paperback
• Language: English
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Print Length: 288 pages
• Publication Date: 29 January 2026
• ISBN-10: 0008347255
• ISBN-13: 978-0008347253
• Dimensions: 129 x 24 x 198mm
• Weight: 194g

Discover the latest novel from Emma Jane Unsworth, perfect for readers who enjoy sharp, truthful, and humorous literary fiction.