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Book SynopsisA dazzling tale, told with great humour, of the last seconds of a man''s life as he leaps from a nine-storey building.
Matthew Viss works for the city''s premier concierge service. Whatever you need, he can provide. And he''ll do it with a smile. He just wants to help - that''s all he''s ever wanted to do. The Greatest Gift is the story of his downfall.
''Leigh''s prose is discomforting, his free-form style a reflection of Matthew''s free-falling life, and there are echoes of Chuck ''Fight-Club'' Palahniuk ... A complex, affecting debut, suggesting the emergence of an exciting talent.'' Daily Mail
''The Greatest Gift, a withering report on the emptiness and narcissism of the corporate world ... Leigh has steered away from the familiar territory of the first-time novelist ... and delivered something more distinctive. What looks like a satire on contemporary office life becomes an allegory about loftier themes - friendship, compulsi
Trade Review
"'An intelligent, ambitious novel, serving notice that Leigh is a talent to watch.' Time Out 'Painful, unstoppable, heart-breaking, hilarious and exciting. No cynic likes to be proved wrong, but in this case they might have to be... For once, just for once, the superlatives are justified.' The Scotsman; 'At turns scathing, poignant and hilarious, Leigh depicts a world of synthetic diversion, lost hopes, social awkwardness and self-delusion.' TLS; 'The Greatest Gift is a withering report on the emptiness and narcissism of the corporate world... Leigh has steered away from the familiar territory of the first-time novelist and delivered something more distinctive.' Daily Telegraph"
