'Gripping' Curtis Sittenfeld * 'Electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid * 'Remarkable' Kevin Kwan * 'Stunning' Sunday Times * 'Brilliant' Pandora Sykes

In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor's edge:

Kyuri, a beautiful 'room salon' girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours.
Miho, an artist whose life becomes enmeshed with the offspring of the super-wealthy elite.
Ara, a hairstylist whose obsession with a K-pop star leads her to violent extremes.
Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she can't afford.

Set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of Seoul, If I Had Your Face is an electrifying debut novel about female strength, resilience and the solace that friendship can provide.

'Cha's writing always crackles . . . Touching, compelling and icily cool' Observer

'Fascinating, eye-opening, compelling - like the film Parasite, If I Had Your Face is also an exposé of the class system in South Korea' Independent

'Absolutely stunning. . . Assured, bold, and electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX and MALIBU RISING

'One of the buzziest debuts of the year, If I Had Your Face transports readers to glittering, futuristic Seoul... Essential reading' Vogue

'Culturally fascinating, emotionally layered, gripping and smart' Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE

'Glittering, engrossing' Helen Oyeyemi, author of GINGERBREAD

'Remarkable, brilliantly crafted and devastatingly exquisite' Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of CRAZY RICH ASIANS

'I finished it in two sittings, have re-read it twice since and I'd still happily read it again - it's a serious contender for one of my favourite books ever.' Red

LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2021

"If you loved Crazy Rich Asians or Daisy Jones And The Six then this is going to be right up your street" - Grazia

"Fascinating, eye-opening, compelling - like the film Parasite, If I Had Your Face is also an exposé of the class system in South Korea" - Independent

"A brilliant debut" - The High Low Podcast

"One of the buzziest debuts of the year, If I Had Your Face transports readers to glittering, futuristic Seoul. Essential reading in what Jia Tolentino memorably called the age of Instagram face." - Vogue

"Cha's striking first novel follows four young women in Seoul, South Korea trapped in a sphere of impossible beauty standards" - Oprah Magazine, Most Anticipated Books of 2020

"A story of four women in Seoul and the way that economic and social realities determine the paths available to them" - The Millions, Most Anticipated

"An endearing story of female friendship staged against a backdrop of elitism, sexism and the relentless quest for cosmetic perfection... Enthralling" - Vanity Fair

"An insightful, powerful story from a promising new voice" - Publishers Weekly

"Cha's timely debut deftly explores the impact of impossible beauty standards and male-dominated family money on South Korean women" - Kirkus

"An eye-opening story of female friendship set against the brutal beauty standards of south Korea " - Glamour

"Mesmerizing... weaves together the complexities and contradictions of modern-day Seoul, in an ultimately uplifting story of women living in defiance of oppressive customs" - Dazed

"A gripping tale at once unfamiliar and unmistakably universal" - BookRiot

"A gripping portrait of four young women in South Korea... its focus on the tangled and complicated nature of female friendship is universally familiar and fascinating" - Refinery 29

"Hypnotising... you won't want to put it down until the very last page" - Harper's Bazaar

"You'll find sisterhood at the heart of this ambitious book " - New York Times Book Review