IDIOPATHY

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Pub Date 25 Apr 2013 | Archive Date 8 Mar 2022

Description

‘The thought of going through it all again, all that love stuff . . .’

Katherine has given up trying to be happy. Thirty, stuck in a town and a job she hates, her mounting cynicism and vicious wit repel the people she wants to attract, and attract the people she knows she should repel. Her ex Daniel, meanwhile, isn’t sure that he loves his new girlfriend Angelica. But somehow not telling her he loves her has become synonymous with telling her that he doesn’t love her, meaning that he has to tell her he loves her just to maintain the status quo.

When their former friend Nathan returns from a stint in a psychiatric ward – to find that his mother has transformed herself into bestselling author and Twitter superstar "Mother Courage" – Katherine, Daniel and Nathan decide to meet to heal old wounds and reaffirm their friendship. But will a reunion end well? Almost certainly not.

Written with dazzling flair and deep insight; veering from scathing satire to a moving account of love and loneliness, Idiopathy neatly skewers the tangled relationships and unhinged narcissism of a self-obsessed generation. Taking aim at militant environmentalists, money-grabbing misery memoirs, self-help quackery and an increasingly bizarre cattle epidemic, it announces the arrival of a formidable, savagely funny talent.

‘The thought of going through it all again, all that love stuff . . .’

Katherine has given up trying to be happy. Thirty, stuck in a town and a job she hates, her mounting cynicism and vicious wit...


Advance Praise

Witty, well observed, cynical, tender. One of the best contemporary novels I've read in ages.’ Sam Mills, author of The Quiddity of Will Self

“Clearly a writer to watch.” Will Skidelsky, Observer

‘Fresh and confident … Byers might have to get used to the attention.’ Sameer Rahin, Telegraph

Witty, well observed, cynical, tender. One of the best contemporary novels I've read in ages.’ Sam Mills, author of The Quiddity of Will Self

“Clearly a writer to watch.” Will Skidelsky, Observer
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Marketing Plan

• Sam Byers is the first debut British author to be published by Granta magazine since Adam Thirlwell in 2003 – an extract of the novel was published in their May 2012 ‘Britain’ issue.

• The Telegraph has chosen Sam Byers as one of its top five debut fiction authors to look out for in 2013.

• ‘Idiopathy’ is one of the titles to have been selected by Waterstones for its Waterstones 11 promotion.

• Sam Byers is the first debut British author to be published by Granta magazine since Adam Thirlwell in 2003 – an extract of the novel was published in their May 2012 ‘Britain’ issue.

• The Telegraph...


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ISBN 9780007412082
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