What Rhymes with Bastard?
The hilariously candid story of an unbelievably dysfunctional and disintegrating relationship.
Satirical fiction & parodies
Kingdom Come
‘Anticipates today’s Britain with eerie precision’ Guardian
A masterpiece of fiction from J. G. Ballard, which asks could Consumerism turn into Facism?
Peter Smart’s Confessions
Reissue to follow up publication of Paul Bailey’s new novel Kitty and Virgil. Both ‘Peter Smart’s Confessions’ and ‘Gabriel’s Lament’ were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
American Studies
Mark Merlis’ exceptional first novel. Dark humour, biting wit and dazzling prose infuse this story of desire and betrayal, history and healing.
Mr Thundermug
The charming, funny and whimsical tale of Mr Thundermug, the baboon who miraculously speaks a very proper English. Along with a collection of lithographs, this outlandish tale will take readers by surprise.
The Fowler Family Business
‘One of the funniest and truest writers we have. No one understands England better than Meades.’ Stephen Fry
An inventively nasty, gruesomely comic paean to the sylvan heights of Forest Hill and Upper Norwood, a warped map of the death trade’s quotidian strangeness.
The Perfect Fool
“The Perfect Fool” charts the progress of a collection of misfits, spread across the wide open spaces of Arizona and the narrow streets of South London, all unwittingly caught up in a quest for the Holy Grail.
Miss Undine’s Living Room
A brilliantly observed, hilarious and poignant social satire. Wilcox’s Tula Springs novels (there are six and characters overlap) have the narrative litheness of an Armistead Maupin and the piercing tragi-comic insights of Edith Wharton.