A stunning novel. Ambitious and exquisitely realised, it's by turns shocking, harrowing and heartrending. The writing is so accomplished it's hard to believe it's a debut it's clearly the work of a major new talent' S J WATSON
Nathan Filer is following in the footsteps of Mark Haddons genre-setting The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Both funny and painful youre going to love it DAILY MAIL
Bittersweet and wonderfully etchedperceptive and moving TELEGRAPH
A deeply moving (but also funny) first novel Kate Saunders, THE TIMES
I found it dark, touching, sweet and funny and beautifully writtenone of the best books about mental illness JO BRAND
A compelling story of grief, madness and loss. Filer has an ear for the dark comedy of life, and Matthew is a charismatic lead character who draws you in even as his world falls apart OBSERVER
A tragic and comic account of living with schizophrenia. A must for fans of Matthew Quicks The Silver Linings Playbook GQ
A stunning debut sad, poignant, real and very very readable. For a first time novelist, Filer has an impressive grasp of complex narrative, and a character we can all care about STELLA DUFFY, author of The Room of Lost Thing
A terrific debut: engaging, funny and inventive JOE DUNTHORNE, author of Submarine
A convincing portrayal of an articulate boy in the grip of a powerful illness, and an absorbing account of a grief undischarged SUNDAY HERALD