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How to Leave the House

Nathan Newman

7 Reviews

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A bold, thought-provoking and very funny novel novel about friendship, love, sex and connection

'Uproarious, generous and witty' New York Times
'What a debut' Stephen Fry
'Terrific, inventive and compelling - and also very funny' Ben Elton
'A wild and funny ride through modern life' Financial Times

It's Natwest's last day before he leaves for university, and there's only one thing on his mind: the deeply embarrassing package he ordered to his house - which still hasn't arrived. He won't leave town without it. Any alternative is too distressing to consider ...

This is the story of twenty-four hours in the life of Natwest, and his small-town odyssey in pursuit of the missing package. It's also the story of all the people he encounters on this single day in his home town - from his mother to the dentist to the girl at the bus stop in a very sticky situation - and how their very different lives are entwined with his own.

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Praise for How to Leave the House

  • It is a miracle to pull off the feat of being wickedly scabrous (incurring in this reader loud snorts of laugher throughout) and managing somehow to be generous and ultimately warm-hearted too ... what a debut

  • Uproarious ... filled with richly observed artistic references reminiscent of Ali Smith. Profound - and profoundly side-splitting - New York Times

  • Bursts upon the palate like drain fluid ... a wild and funny ride through modern life - Financial Times

  • Rich with pathos and humour ... A bold new fiction voice - Daily Mail

  • How to Leave the House is gobby, barbed, and garrulous; a novel that takes swings, with swagger

  • It's impossible not to be charmed by this big-hearted story ... an exciting debut from an author whose assuredness and polish could easily be mistaken for that of an old pro - Bustle

  • Genuinely hilarious, utterly obnoxious, impressively daring

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