Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A bold and hilarious hand grenade of a book that twists the novel into new shapes as the characters seemingly sabotage the fictional world they inhabit, I Am Sovereign sees Nicola Barker at her most joyful, provocative and riotous; it is the work of a novelist at the height of her powers.__________________________________________'One of the funniest, most finely achieved comic novels, even by her own standard . I think it's a masterpiece.' ALI SMITH'I 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 forty-year-old teddy bear maker, is trying to sell his late mother's 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 chit-chat - and her downtrodden daughter, Ying Yue.During the twenty-minute 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.' GUARDIAN'Life-affirming hilarity - Evelyn Waugh on ecstasy.' NELL ZINK'A madly brilliant little book that asks who at any point is in control of what. I loved it.' DAILY MAIL'Nicola Barker's wildness and capacity for the absurd often delight me.' SARAH MOSS'What an audacious writer Nicola Barker is . In an era when plot is king, Barker has typically, joyously, dispensed with one . Barker's pleasure in the novella feels defiant.' EVENING STANDARD'I Am Sovereign is bursting with energy, compassion and humour.' LITERARY REVIEW'Barker is a writer in a class of her own . A work of coruscating intelligence, of deep humanity.' OBSERVER'A riotous burst of a novel that scrutinises the nature of fiction with the lightest of touches.' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A bracing, brilliantly bonkers comic novel . This is freewheeling fiction that delights in the visual.' SUNDAY TIMES'Barker's writing is very, very funny, both ha ha and strange . Fans of Ali Smith's "Seasonal Quartet" will enjoy a similarly arch, detached view on the banality of contemporary Britain . A gloriously audacious blend of, well, the deep and the trite.' INDEPENDENT Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781786090959

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Published by Random House 2020-07-16, London (2020)

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