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Our hero wakes up in what seems to be a hotel room and there´s a woman lying beside him. A woman who is not his wife. A woman who seems to have blood flowing somewhat freely from her head.Let me tell you all about it: settle down, grab a beer, ensconce yourself. An extravaganza of suburban noir from Adam Thirlwell, twice selected as one of GRANTAs Best of Young British Novelists.

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´I had this vision very clearly of a book in which I would record my total experience, and I knew how it should sound: with all the tones that no one ever admires, - the Gruesome, Tender, Needy, Sleazy, Boring, the Lurid and the Cute.´In this way the hero of Adam Thirlwell´s new novel describes the book you hold between your hands: a delirious tale of backchat and low tricks, all of which begin when our hero wakes beside a woman who is bleeding, unconscious and not, unfortunately, his wife... And then, of course, events get very much worse.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2015

WINNER OF THE E.M. FORSTER AWARD 2015

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"A dazzlingly imaginative comic noir" Financial Times

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Adam Thirlwell is the author of two novels, Politics and The Escape; a novella, Kapow!; and a project including an essay-book - which won a Somerset Maugham Award - and a compendium of translations edited for McSweeney´s. His work is translated into thirty languages. He has twice been selected as one of Granta´s Best of Young British Novelists.

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