Margo's Got Money Troubles

An audacious, wildly funny, completely unpredictable novel by a writer so singular that it's hard to compare her to anyone else . . . An absolutely brilliant book

Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here

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'

A hilarious novel about making the most of what you've got. Sharp and funny by turns, this is an exceptionally tender look at young motherhood and love that also involves professional wrestling, and yes, OnlyFans. I gobbled it up.

Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here

Long after the last page of Margo's Got Money Troubles, I think of certain lines and burst out laughing. In public. This novel is damn funny, but also touching and smart and surprising and beguiling and just completely bad ass. Rufi Thorpe is truly one of one!

Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Margo's Got Money Troubles is just so good: the humor, the pathos, the redemption - every sentence, every twist of plot is wildly original and unexpected. When has such a lovable heroine ever been created?

Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter

A thrilling, uproarious, and above all affirming exploration of one young woman's fight to make it in a world that's rooting against her. Margo is an unforgettable heroine, so real she walked right off the page and into my heart.

Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit

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

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

I read the first paragraph and was immediately hooked. Rufi Thorpe writes about quirky characters on the edge of society with such style and compassion you feel they are your new best friends.

Dame Jacqueline Wilson, author of Think Again

An eccentric little gem of a book that cracked my heart wide open . . . a gorgeous, life-affirming book

Pandora Sykes

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

It's been a long time since I was so swept up in a book that I read it all in one swoop. Margo's Got Money Troubles is totally delightful - a page-turning plot with flawed but loveable characters, big philosophical questions, and really top-notch writing. It's funny and touching. Highly recommend!

Celeste Ng, author of Our Missing Hearts