Cleaner : A razor-sharp, honest and darkly comedic literary debut novel

Author: Jess Shannon

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 12 February 2026 by Bedford Square Publishers in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 240 pages
197 x 129 x 17 | 174g

'Mrs. Hinch meets Raven Leilani’s Luster' Elle'Gen Z’s Lady Macbeth' Times Literary Supplement'Gem of a debut novel... funny, vibrant and utterly unpredictable.' Service95 (Dua Lipa's cultural concierge), August’s Best New Releases‘Sharp, funny and engaging’ Daily MailA LOVE READING DEBUT OF THE MONTH, STAR BOOK AND BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKA woman in her mid-twenties moves back home to live with her parents, where her listlessness fuels an obsession with cleaning, and sets in motion a series of events that lead to her posing as a model in a nude gallery where she encounters a woman whose life will intertwine with her own.

‘An utterly unflinching debut novel about becoming adrift: a rare and profound book about loneliness, self-expression and disillusionment, featuring sex, love, drugs – and cleaning’ Ian Sansom'A tremendous display of talent' Gonzalo Ceron Garcia, author of We Are The End