One of the funniest, most finely achieved comic novels, even by her own standard I think its a masterpiece. ALI SMITHI think Nicola Barker is incapable of a dull page. [Her work] is unified by its spirit of adventure. KEVIN BARRYHow long does it take to change the world?Could it happen in approximately twenty minutes?Charles, a fortyyearold teddy bear maker, is trying to sell his late mothers house, helped by his estate agent Avigail (who thinks Charles is an imbecile). The prospective buyers the fearsome Wang Shu who has no desire to make idle chitchat and her downtrodden daughter, Ying Yue.During the twentyminute viewing a huge number of things happen, although it is also entirely possible that nothing happens at all. Which is it? Can the world really turn on its axis during a mundane discussion about cheese preservation? Has fiction the power to do that? Should it even want to?She really is a genius. GUARDIANLifeaffirming hilarity Evelyn Waugh on ecstasy. NELL ZINKA madly brilliant little book that asks who at any point is in control of what. I loved it. DAILY MAILNicola Barkers wildness and capacity for the absurd often delight me. SARAH MOSSWhat an audacious writer Nicola Barker is In an era when plot is king, Barker has typically, joyously, dispensed with one Barkers pleasure in the novella feels defiant. EVENING STANDARDI Am Sovereign is bursting with energy, compassion and humour. LITERARY REVIEWBarker is a writer in a class of her own A work of coruscating...

Binding: Paperback;224 pages; Publisher: Cornerstone; Classification: FA; Weight: 282 g; Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 19

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