When Robert (or Kidder, as his best friend calls him) decides to impress at a job interview by making up a son, he discovers that maintaining the lie is far harder than he thought - so he invents a story that `Brodie' has been kidnapped. After all, it's not like they're going to find the fake boy. But a few weeks later, Kidder receives a call to collect his nonexistent son from the police station, a boy who looks exactly like the picture he photoshopped...

About the Author
An award-winning short fiction writer, Lynda Clark's short stories have been widely published and her short story 'Gillie's Mum' won the regional Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Europe and Canada. She is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing in interactive fiction at Nottingham Trent University and before that she worked as a dialogue writer for a video game production company. 'Beyond Kidding' is her debut novel.

Reviews
`A dark and quirky debut - funny, sad, thought-provoking and unexpected' -Emma D'Costa, Commonwealth Writers; `This is a remarkable debut, written with great warmth and wit. By turns devastating and hilarious, Lynda Clark's Beyond Kidding had me from the very start, and it didn't let me go' -Sarah Jackson, author of 'Pelt' and winner of the Seamus Heaney Prize 2013



Book Information
ISBN 9781912054848
Author Lynda Clark
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Fairlight Books
Publisher Fairlight Books