BRAT

THE INSTANT CULT CLASSIC FROM THE WINNER OF THE O. HENRY PRIZE<BR><BR>'Full of dark, deadpan humour, Brat is a raucous story of the messy, messed-up business of living, dying and having a family.' Financial Times<BR>'A moving coming-of-age family story' Observer<BR>'Beautifully written, hilarious, and heartbreaking' Daily Mail<BR>'A raw, delicate tale about grief and growing up' The New Yorker <BR>'Iconic', Radio 1<BR>'The novel crackles with gothic horror, deadpan humor, and a damning sense of alienation that you won't soon shake.' Chicago Review of Books<BR>'Instead of resolving his novel's many mysteries, Smith explores how this family navigates the disputed borders of its shared memories, pondering what it means to choose one story over another-as well as the consequences of refusing to choose, especially in the wake of grief.' The New York Times<BR><BR> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Gabriel's skin is falling off.<BR> <BR>His dad is dead.<BR> <BR>He owes his editor a novel.<BR> <BR>His girlfriend won't answer his calls.<BR> <BR>Tasked by his horribly well-adjusted brother with clearing out the family home for sale, Gabriel's sanity quickly begins to unravel. His parents' old manuscripts appear to change each time he reads them. A bizarre home video hints at long-buried secrets. And there's a hideous man in the garden.<BR><BR>Disquieting and hilarious, taut yet lyrical, blisteringly-paced but formally inventive, Brat is a mediation on grief, art and love that will leave you altered, breathless and desperate for more. <BR> <BR>From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read before. <BR>