The Transition
by Luke Kennard
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Pub Date Jan 26 2017 | Archive Date Oct 20 2017
HarperCollins UK, 4th Estate | Fourth Estate
Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR FICTION
Karl has let his debts get wildly out of control and, in desperation, has sort of semi-accidentally committed credit-card fraud. Now he could have to go to prison, so when he and his wife Genevieve are instead offered a place on a mysterious self-improvement scheme called The Transition, they agree. It’s only six months, after all, and at first all it requires is that they give up their credit cards and move into the spare room of their ‘mentors’, Janna and Stu, who seem perfectly lovely . . .
‘A total page-turner’ Nathan Filer , author of The Shock of the Fall
‘The sort of book that has you walking blindly through seven lanes of traffic with your face pressed obliviously to the page’ The Times
‘Very funny, compassionate and scathing. Just the ticket for fans of Jonathan Coe’ Laline Paull, author of The Bees
‘Richly enjoyable, tenderly devastating’ Guardian
Advance Praise
'Disquieting and witty but with such tenderness at its core that it's often heart-stopping. Gorgeous stuff. I devoured it' Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies
‘Extremely smart and extremely funny, Luke Kennard's first novel is a brilliant dismantling of our corporatized century. It also features one of the most endearingly hapless heroes since Lucky Jim. In a world where everything real has been outsourced if it can't be demolished, a book like The Transition is not just a ray of light – it's utterly vital’ Paul Murray, author of Skippy Dies
‘Essential reading for generation rent. Funny, necessary and all too close to the bone’ Jenn Ashworth, author of The Friday Gospels
‘Black Mirror with a lighter touch. A day-after-tomorrow novel that defines a generation’ Matthew De Abaitua, author of The Red Men
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780008200442 |
| PRICE | £5.49 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 336 |
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