Bedlam
Published 2026 by Verso
Published 2006 by Sternberg Press
‘Higgie allows the artist’s force and particularity to overtake the novel, forming an empathetic, complex portrait as volatile and singular as Dadd himself.’
— Claudia Ross, Hyperallergic
‘Higgie’s prose mirrors Dadd’s art: she works with words in layers, like paint, lingering on the light on a particular tableau or acknowledging a darker energy vibrating beneath seemingly banal landscapes.’
— Hannah Weber, Kismet
'Richard Dadd has long been a puzzle. Jennifer Higgie deciphers the clues to his early life through her disturbing, brilliant novel.’
—Diana Darke, The Times Literary Supplement
‘a work of organic and living feeling’
—Philip Janowski, Chicago Review of Books