'I read the first paragraph and was immediately hooked'
Jacqueline Wilson

'Enormously entertaining and lovable'
Nick Hornby, New York Times

'Nonjudgmental, original and very funny'
India Knight, Sunday Times STYLE

'Gorgeous'
Pandora Sykes

'Inappropriately funny'
The Times

SOON TO BE A MAJOR A24 TV SHOW STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN AND ELLE FANNING

As the child of an ex-pro wrestler and a Hooters waitress, Margo Millet's always known she'd have to make it on her own. When she finds herself pregnant by her English professor and in need of cash fast, she comes up with a plan: she'll start an OnlyFans as an experiment, producing content and writing storylines unlike anything else out there.

Luckily, what Margo lacks in options she makes up for in ingenuity, and before she knows it, she's an online phenomenon. Could this be the answer to all of Margo's problems, or does internet fame come with too high a price?

"A whipsmart novel with a completely surprising heroine who comprehensively wins your heart . . . Rufi Thorpe has crafted a wholly original tale that manages to build a deliciously immersive fictional world full of intriguing characters while blatantly questioning notions of storytelling, and to offer serious challenges to ideas about young mothers and sex work while being wryly and often inappropriately funny. It's been snapped up for an Apple TV+ series, starring Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman, but get in first with the book - it's definitely worth savouring Thorpe's prose on the page." - The Times, Book of the Month

"Wildly funny and perceptive . . . Margo's Got Money Troubles is about so much more than Margo or money, and yet is also very sharp-eyed about how central real money troubles are. I'll be thinking - and laughing - about it for a long time to come" - i

"The warmth of Thorpe's tone, together with the thoroughness of her imagination and the artfulness of her pacing, means that skepticism is kept at bay. She sells us on both the characters and the plot . . . [in] this enormously entertaining and lovable book " - New York Times Book Review

"Thorpe's literary hum has translated into a resounding roar . . . beyond Thorpe's strong characters and tight plots, what sets her apart from her peers is the gnawing philosophical tension that rests at the centre of her books . . . Thorpe allows her characters to remain flawed but bent toward redemption in this wholly entertaining, utterly endearing and thought-provoking novel that asks, "What kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?" Thorpe's novels defy easy categorization. Her characters' radiant energy and her books' knotted plots don't align with the moody atmosphere and tone poem quality of most contemporary literary fiction. Yet, these novels remain more intense and rigorous than most upmarket women's fiction. It's exhilarating to find an author who wants to tell you a good yarn, but also ask a lot of complicated questions" - Los Angeles Times

"Endearingly chaotic, this coming-of-age tale is certain to score a passionate fanbase" - Elle

"When she can't afford the rent, single mum Margo turns to OnlyFans, with help from her ex-pro wrestler father, flatmate and a community of the platform's content creators. Funny and self-aware." - Grazia, '12 Sizzling Reads'

"This is a wholly original novel . . . It's a book that grabs and keeps your attention. Who doesn't want to hear the end of a story that opens with a baby shower featuring a cake shaped like a big penis? Stuffed with laughs, it's also filled with sharp insights about celebrity, social media and what modern success even means . . . Thorpe is both poetic and profound in the way she brings her remarkable story to an end" - Seattle Times

"Funny, surprising and gloriously kickass bildungsroman that lobs a hand grenade into the childcare and sex work debates, raising questions about how we judge one another . . . It illuminates the double binds in which women are caught, from abortion to childcare, and gives us a heroine whose imagination, courage and humour we can get behind. You'll finish the book wishing to be more Margo." - Bookseller

"Deeply funny, thoughtful, riveting" - Vulture

"Reading a Rufi Thorpe novel is like attending a masterclass on causality in fiction. Few authors write as deftly about navigating the systems that control our lives" - Chicago Review of Books

"The premise is good and the execution even better - nonjudgmental, original and very funny; the book is warm and generous too. I loved it." - Sunday Times STYLE

"Witty and endearing . . . Margo's Got Money Troubles offers a radical look at a young woman coming into her own in a world that would prefer she stay dependent" - Time