Description
'Makes you laugh out loud, then finally breaks your heart. That's why [Homes] has and deserves her A-list status' Independent
About the Author
A. M. HOMES is the author of the novels, This Book Will Save Your Life, Music for Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers and Jack, two collections of short stories, Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects and the highly acclaimed memoir, The Mistress's Daughter, as well as the travel memoir, Los Angeles: People, Places and the Castle on the Hill. She is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and writes frequently on arts and culture for numerous magazines and newspapers. She is currently writing for a new major US TV Series. She lives in New York City.
Reviews
A. M. Homes' new novel is weird and warm and wise and really rather wonderful -- Mark Haddon
Witty and well written while in pursuit of the spirits living inside the machine * Times *
Homes is excellent on the inner workings of men * Time Out *
There's weird and there's dark and there are the stories of this highly original and terrifying writer ... impressive stories -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
Makes you laugh out loud, then finally breaks your heart. That's why she has and deserves her A-list status * Independent *
This book is a gentle, entertaining antidote to the over-achievements of much of modern life.It is fantstical, anti-American, anti-consumerist, anti-individualist ... it shifts your perspective on life in the most darkly entertaining way * Observer *
This book is inspirational. It shows that with a little bit of courage you can change your life -- Georgia Foster * Woman Weekly *
Awards
Short-listed for British Book Awards: Best Read of the Year.
Book Information
ISBN 9781862079335
Author A.M. Homes
Format Paperback
Page Count 380
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 279g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 24mm