Beyond Kidding

by Lynda Clark

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Pub Date Apr 01 2021 | Archive Date Apr 06 2020

Fairlight Books

General Fiction (Adult) | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

When Robert (or Kidder, as his best friend calls him) decides to impress at a job interview by making up a son, he discovers that maintaining the lie is far harder than he thought – so he invents a story that ‘ Brodie’ has been kidnapped. After all, it’ s not like they’ re going to find the fake boy.

But a few weeks later, Kidder receives a call to collect his non-existent son from the police station – a boy who looks exactly like the picture he photoshopped…

A darkly humorous, genre-bending work of literary sci-fi. Lynda Clark is a new talent to discover for lovers of Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Coupland.

When Robert (or Kidder, as his best friend calls him) decides to impress at a job interview by making up a son, he discovers that maintaining the lie is far harder than he thought – so...

A Note From the Publisher

Lynda Clark has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2019 for her piece, ‘Ghillie’s Mum’.

Advance Praise

‘This is a remarkable debut, written with great warmth and wit. By turns devastating and hilarious, Lynda Clark’s Beyond Kidding had me from the very start, and it didn’t let me go.’ — Sarah Jackson, author of Pelt and winner of the Seamus Heaney Prize 2013

‘A dark and quirky debut – funny, sad, thought-provoking and unexpected.’ — Emma D’Costa, Commonwealth Writers