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‘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

 
‘A moving coming-of-age family story’ Observer
 
 


'Iconic', Radio 1

I was in the waiting room. Then I was in the examination
room.
 
Gabriel’s skin is falling off.
 
His dad is dead.
 
He owes his editor a novel.
 
His girlfriend won’t answer his calls.
 
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.

Disquiet

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      Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Publication Date: 1/6/2024
      ISBN13: 9781398525313, 978-1398525313
      ISBN10: 1398525316
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      ‘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

       
      ‘A moving coming-of-age family story’ Observer
       
       


      'Iconic', Radio 1

      I was in the waiting room. Then I was in the examination
      room.
       
      Gabriel’s skin is falling off.
       
      His dad is dead.
       
      He owes his editor a novel.
       
      His girlfriend won’t answer his calls.
       
      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.

      Disquiet

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