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Book SynopsisA dark, surreally funny novel from the bestselling Booker Prize-shortlisted authorHilariously surreal. It''s a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play... Fantastic'' Daily MirrorUnderstatedly surreal, deadpan gothic, Mills is a master of the uncanny ... Such a fresh fictional voice'' EsquireIt is the end of the summer. The tourists have already gone, and now the sun is abandoning the Lake District''s damp valleys. Only a lone camper remains, enjoying the quiet. He plans to stay just long enough to prepare for a trip to the East.But then the owner of the campsite asks him to paint a fence and he innocently obliges. Soon other odd jobs pile up until little by little he becomes ensnared in the ominous out-of-season''...
Trade Review‘Understatedly surreal, deadpan gothic, Mills is a master of the uncanny ... Such a fresh fictional voice' * Esquire *
‘Mills is a master of the cliffhanger and can make even the most deadpan behaviour compelling and funny... A deliciously sly comic fable' * Financial Times *
‘Absorbing, darkly worrying and very, very funny' * The Times *
‘Mill's great strength is in mixing quiet amusing amusements with a deeper feeling of malice' * Guardian *
