Things in the town of Upperdown are not as they seem. The Professor struggles with his devotion to proving the Riemann Hypothesis and he walks the streets seeking a solution whilst battling his own deeper preoccupations. The appearance of a stranger in town, the Piano Man, leads to the resolution of the long-term rat infestation but when the town's children start to go missing it is clear something darker has been set in motion.

About the Author
David Brennan currently resides between Ireland and Asia. He has been nominated for the Hennessy New Irish Writer Award 2019. He was one of the winners of the Irish Novel Fair 2018. In 2016 he won the Frank O Connor Mentorship Bursary Award and has been shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story award (2017), the Fish Memoire award (2018) and the Doolin Short Story award (2016). He was longlisted for the Colm Tobin Award (2017). Upperdown is David's debut novel.

Reviews
'Unforgettable. Brennan's strikingly original voice blends myth and magic with wry observation as he evokes the liminal world of Upperdown. A dazzlingly good novel. Visceral and daring, it hums with its own dark, unsettling magic. A mesmerising read. David Brennan's fierce and lyrical writing seduces the reader with the peculiar beauty of numbers, while staring unflinchingly into the dark corners of the human heart. Whether writing about quantum physics or the jealousies of the human heart, Brennan's prose is fierce, haunting and compelling.' Danielle McLaughlin



Book Information
ISBN 9781999896065
Author David Brennan
Format Paperback
Imprint Epoque Press
Publisher Epoque Press