‘A masterpiece’ – Guardian
‘I really admire and love this book‘ – Sally Rooney
‘An intellectual and emotional rollercoaster’ – Daily Mail
‘I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much reading a book’ – David Sedaris
‘It moved me to tears’ – Elizabeth Day

THE ONLY BOOK SHORTLISTED FOR BOTH THE BOOKER PRIZE AND THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021

This is a story about a life lived in two halves.

It’s about what happens when real life collides with the increasing absurdity of a world accessed through a screen.

It’s about living in world that contains both an abundance of proof that there is goodness, empathy, and justice in the universe, and a deluge of evidence to the contrary.

It’s a meditation on love, language and human connection from one of the most original voices of our time.