How to Leave the House: A Novel

Synopsis

&“A wild and funny ride through modern life.&” —The Financial TimesIt'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. And yet it's also the story of a middle-aged dentist who dreams of being a respected artist - but the only thing he can seem to paint is the human mouth. And it's the story of a tortured imam involved in a quasi-romantic entanglement with the local vicar; and an octogenerian mourning the death of her secretive husband; and a troubled teenager whose nudes have leaked on the internet. It's the story of Natwest's obnoxious ex-boyfriend, and his class-traitor mother and her childhood boyfriend, and the life-changing secrets he knows about Natwest's past.Alternating between Natwest's idiosyncratic inner world and the perspectives of the other characters - and dazzling in its energy, imagination and originality - this is an outrageously funny and tenderly moving story about being connected to everyone and everything at all times; about love, friendship, and the lies we tell ourselves; about unhappy endings, happy endings - and whether anything really is as simple as one or the other.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780593654910

Related ISBNs:

9780593654903

Publisher:

Penguin Publishing Group

Date of Addition:

08/13/24

Copyrighted By:

Nathan Newman

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Humor

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

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