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I was in the waiting room. Then I was in the examinationroom.   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.  From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read.  

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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 1I 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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An oral history of the folk-rock band Fairport Convention as told through the memories of over 200 fans, friends and musical collaborators

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