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Author: Britsch, Lucie

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 20 June 2024 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 304 pages
197 x 129 x 25 | 248g

THE DARKLY HILARIOUS AND BRILLIANTLY WISE NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF SAD JANET****All her life, Susan’s loved ones have been hiding a terrible secret from her: If she thinks too hard, her head will explode.

Until now, Susan has lived happily in a bubble of TV and takeaways, social media and small talk; anything to distract her from the spiralling thoughts that so often haunt the rest of us – thoughts that would be deadly for her.

But when reality creeps in and Susan’s perfectly curated world starts to crumble, it begs the question: can we distract ourselves from the real world forever… And should we?****PRAISE FOR LUCY BRITSCH’Surprising and irreverent’ NEW YORK TIMES’A strangely exuberant meditation on sadness’ REFINERY29’A whip-smart, biting piece of tragicomedy… Hilarious, profound’ HUFFINGTON POST’A wicked satire of our obsession with happiness’ THE i’A tragicomic riot of a book – charging, foul-mouthed and tender’ CLAUDIA DEY ‘Like a grown up Daria’ HELEN MCCLORY ‘If you’re a Halle Butler fan or like despair cut with humour, you’ll love this’ LEIGH STEIN’Dark and hilarious’ ROWAN HISAYO BUCHANAN