Why be healthy when the world is so sick? From the author of Perfidious Albion, a darkly comic and profoundly affecting novel about resistance, radicalism and redemption. 'Bold, unflinching. exceptional.' Observer 'Unforgettable...' Times Literary Supplement 'Outstanding...' Irish Times 'Enthralling. a blistering critique of 21st century life.' Financial Times 'Byers's mastery of tone and attentiveness to every psychological shift confirms him as one of the most accomplished novelists of his generation.' Sunday Times