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Book SynopsisA sparkling satire from the Booker Prize-shortlisted, Women''s Prize-winning author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartet
''Playful, humorous, serious, profoundly clever and profoundly affecting'' Guardian
''There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party . . .''
As time passes by and the consequences of this stranger''s actions ripple outwards, touching the owners, the guests, the neighbours and the whole country, so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful, strange place where everyone is so much more than they first appear...
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''Adventurous, intoxicating, dazzling. This is a novel with serious ambitions that remains huge fun to read'' Literary Review
''Smith can make anything happen, which is why she i
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Whimsically devastating. Playful, humorous, serious, profoundly clever and profoundly affecting * Guardian *
Remarkable. A brilliant novel: funny, serious, always surprising, always true * The Times *
I take my hat off to Ali Smith. Her writing lifts the soul * Evening Standard *
A playfully serious or seriously playful novel full of wit and pleasure. Wonderful * Observer *
Eccentric, adventurous, intoxicating, dazzling. This is a novel with serious ambitions that remains huge fun to read. The writing dances along * Literary Review *
Poignant, empathetic, funny. A book full of kindness and compassion * Time Out *
Fizzying, affectionate, sparkling. Smith presents her world view in words as fresh as lemons. A joyful read * Herald *
A tour de force -- Lionel Shriver * Financial Times *
A virtuoso piece of writing, both funny and gripping . . . Smith is a writer with a rich array of conventional strengths * Times Literary Supplement *
A must read * Toronto NOW *
