Gabriel Smith BRAT : A Ghost Story Paperback Book

THE INSTANT CULT CLASSIC FROM THE WINNER OF THE O. HENRY PRIZEFull of dark, deadpan humour, Brat is a raucous story of the messy, messedup business of living, dying and having a family. Financial TimesA moving comingofage family story ObserverBeautifully written, hilarious, and heartbreakingDaily MailA raw, delicate tale about grief and growing up The New YorkerIconic, Radio 1The novel crackles with gothic horror, deadpan humor, and a damning sense of alienation that you wont soon shake. Chicago Review of BooksInstead of resolving his novels many mysteries, Smith explores how this family navigates the disputed borders of its shared memories, pondering what it means to choose one story over anotheras well as the consequences of refusing to choose, especially in the wake of grief. The New York TimesGabriels skin is falling off. His dad is dead. He owes his editor a novel. His girlfriend wont answer his calls. Tasked by his horribly welladjusted brother with clearing out the family home for sale, Gabriels sanity quickly begins to unravel. His parents old manuscripts appear to change each time he reads them. A bizarre home video hints at longburied secrets. And theres a hideous man in the garden. Disquieting and hilarious, taut yet lyrical, blisteringlypaced but formally inventive, Bratis a mediation on grief, art and love that will leave you altered, breathless and desperate for more. From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read before. | Gabriel Smith BRAT : A Ghost Story Paperback Book