The author has won the experimental literary fiction prize for his ‘dizzying, encyclopaedic’ fifth book, We Live Here Now

CD Rose has won the 2025 Goldsmiths prize for his novel We Live Here Now, praised by judges as “hilarious and deeply haunting”.

The £10,000 award, now in its 13th year, honours “mould-breaking” fiction. The winner was announced at a ceremony in central London on Wednesday evening.

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