ARGONAUT BOOKS

A blisteringly funny and remarkably tender debut novel from Olivia Laing, one of the finest non-fiction writers of her generation. Reviews Written at a war-mongering time of rising nationalisms, the vitality of Olivia Laing'squestioning love letter to life and to art will blow you awayDeborah LevyLaing's prose shimmers and is selfish then, suddenly, full of love. It's a high-wire act. This is the novel as a love letter to Acker. She gives her a happier ending than the one she had. She asks us what a novel can do when unreality rules. She asks what it is like to be alive ...Read More