Satirical fiction & parodies
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
‘An existential thriller written in prose that points the way to the future’ Zadie Smith
Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All
The bestselling novel from the author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
Araby
A funny and intensely moving portrait of childhood, death and a man’s relationship with his larger-than-life mother.
Harper Perennial Modern Classics – The Dalkey Archive (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
From the author of the classic novel ‘At-Swim-Two-Birds’ comes this ingenious tale which follows the mad and absurd ambitions of a scientist determined to destroy the world.
Harper Perennial Modern Classics – Best of Myles (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Under the pseudonym Myles na Gopaleen, Flann O’ Brien wrote a daily column in the ‘Irish Times’ called ‘Cruiskeen Lawn’ for over twenty years which hilariously satirised the absurdities and solemnities of Dublin life.
Mislaid
Startlingly radical, dazzlingly witty, unlike anything that has come before – this is the most exciting novel you will read this year.
‘Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.’ Jonathan Franzen
The Portable Veblen: Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016: Unabridged edition
A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas – and squirrels
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016
The Portable Veblen: Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016
A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas – and squirrels
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016
Welcome to Braggsville
‘The most dazzling, most unsettling, most oh-my-God-listen-up novel you’ll read this year’ The Washington Post
A dark and socially provocative Southern-fried comedy about four UC Berkeley students who stage a dramatic protest during a Civil War reenactment – a fierce, funny, tragic work from a bold new writer
Barbara the Slut and Other People: Unabridged edition
‘Astonishing – one of those rare books that manages to be both poignant and hilarious. The last time we had a debut this big was Junot Díaz with ‘Drown’. Holmes is a major talent.’ Philipp Meyer
A fresh, honest, and darkly funny debut collection about family, friends, and lovers, and the flaws that make us most human.
Barbara the Slut and Other People
‘Astonishing – one of those rare books that manages to be both poignant and hilarious. The last time we had a debut this big was Junot Díaz with ‘Drown’. Holmes is a major talent.’ Philipp Meyer
A fresh, honest, and darkly funny debut collection about family, friends, and lovers, and the flaws that make us most human.
Mislaid
‘Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.’ Jonathan Franzen
The Wallcreeper
‘Heady and rambunctious … Wake up, this book says: in its plot lines, in its humour, in its philosophical underpinnings and political agenda. I’ll pay it the highest compliment it knows – this book is a wild thing.’ New York Times Book Review
The Wallcreeper: Unabridged edition
‘Heady and rambunctious … Wake up, this book says: in its plot lines, in its humour, in its philosophical underpinnings and political agenda. I’ll pay it the highest compliment it knows – this book is a wild thing.’ New York Times Book Review
Mislaid: Unabridged edition
‘Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.’ Jonathan Franzen